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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... Abduction - C8-T1 (ulnar ... Adduction - C7-T1 (ulnar ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Allen’s Test for Collateral Circulation

For the Allen test, you apply pressure to the radial and ulnar
the radial and ulnar ... arteries in your wrist ... Circulation #Radial #Ulnar ... #Perfusion #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
), is the must ulnar ... the base of the ulna ... area, being the ulnar ... ECU Subluxation diagnosed ... subluxation #clinical #physicalexam
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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(4%), Radius & Ulnar ... • Extension of wrist ... (2%), Radius & Ulna ... (5%), Radius & Ulna ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... • Claw Hand - Ulnar ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Ulnar Fovea Sign ... aspect of the wrist ... flexion with the wrist ... Fovea #Sign #Test #wrist ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Midcarpal Instability (MCI) of the Wrist

Intrinsic Midcarpal Instability
Usually affects young, hypermobile patients.
It is due to progressive
Instability (MCI) of the Wrist ... extended, and when ulnar ... deviation of the wrist ... #Instability #Wrist ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
distal radial-ulnar ... distal radial-ulnar ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Nerve Scissors - Ulnar ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... Peripheral #Nerves #PhysicalExam ... Radial #Median #Ulnar
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Fracture shaft of ulnar ... of distal radio-ulnar ... displacement of the wrist ... displacement of the wrist ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis