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Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Neurodynamic Tests ... Neuropathy Elbow extension ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger extension ... #ULNT2 #ULTT2 #clinical
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Neurodynamic Tests ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger extension ... rotation → elbow extension ... #ULNT1 #ULTT1 #clinical
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
musculocutaneous) • Extension ... C7 (median) • Extension ... C8 (median) • Extension ... aracteristic "claw hand ... sensory #motor #arm
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Complications are ... onto outstretched hand ... dorsum of the hand ... , pain with wrist ... flexion and extension
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
ulnar deviates ... the wrist. ... extensor pollicis ... #deQuervains #Tenosynovitis ... #clinical #video
WHAT test - Wrist Hyperflexion and Abduction of the Thumb 

The wrist is hyperflexed and the
WHAT test - Wrist ... Thumb The wrist ... interphalangeal extension ... #DeQuervains #Tenosynovitis ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris ... palpating the ECU tendon ... along the dorsal ulnar ... aspect of the wrist ... #Tendinitis #clinical
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
and digital extension ... the back of the arm ... When clinically ... extension) but ... Anatomy #diagnosis #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... extension and wrist ... Inverted #Supinator #Test ... #Reflex #neurology ... #clinical #video
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
decortication), abnormal extensor ... Reflexes: • Deep tendon ... Decorticate posturing: Arms ... Decerebrate posturing: Arms ... #PhysicalExam #neurology