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Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... Hand - Ulnar Nerve ... InjuryHand ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #Orthopedics
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Assessment of Nerve ... • Extension of wrist ... Small muscles of hand ... #Injury #UpperExtremities ... #diagnosis #neurology
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Scissors - Ulnar ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Hand ... #PhysicalExam # ... Mnemonic #Upper #Arm #Injury
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Elbow Flexion ... Wrist Extension ... Fingers Abduction T1 Ulnar ... MuscleGroups #MSK #Orthopedics ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
Common Hand Fractures ... to ulnar collateral ... #Fractures #XRay ... #Radiology #Wrist ... #differential #diagnosis
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
Exam: swollen elbow ... posterior interosseous nerve ... syndrome, ligamentous injury ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
the nerve of elbow ... the wrist and elbow ... injury ... #Anatomy #diagnosis ... #neurology #orthopedics
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
onto outstretched hand ... dorsum of the hand ... distal to distal ulna ... , pain with wrist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
- C6, C7, C8 Elbow ... aracteristic "claw hand ... spared in this injury ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
onto outstretched hand ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK