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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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& Ulnar Fractures ... Flexion Paper - Radial ... • Extension of wrist ... & Ulna Fractuers ... & Ulna Fractures
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
shaft with distal radial-ulnar ... shaft with distal radial-ulnar ... x-ray include ulnar ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Fracture shaft of ulnar ... subluxation of distal radio-ulnar ... displacement of the wrist ... displacement of the wrist ... of the distal radio-ulnar
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
trauma DISTAL RADIUS ... deformity, Tender Radius ... Painful balottement test ... , Painful radial ... #Rules radius #
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... Drop - Radial Nerve ... • Claw Hand - Ulnar
Modified Allen's Test - Collateral Hand Circulation
- Apply pressure to the radial and ulnar arteries
- Release
Modified Allen's Test ... pressure to the radial ... and ulnar arteries ... pressure on the ulnar ... #Allens #Test #Modified
Eichhoff's Test for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis

Eichhoff's test evaluates for De Quervain's tenosynovitis. The patient places the
Eichhoff's Test ... around it, and the wrist ... is passively ulnar ... #DeQuervains #Tenosynovitis ... #Wrist #PhysicalExam
Eichhoff's Test for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis

Eichhoff's test evaluates for De Quervain's tenosynovitis. The patient places the
Eichhoff's Test ... around it, and the wrist ... is passively ulnar ... #DeQuervains #Tenosynovitis ... #Wrist #PhysicalExam
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
Eichhoff's Test ... stabilizes forearm and ulnar ... deviates the wrist ... #deQuervains #Tenosynovitis ... #rheumatology #wrist
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Test for Fovea ... aspect of the wrist ... flexion with the wrist ... The test is positive ... #wrist #clinical