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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
FRACTURES: • ... Painful balottement test ... ANY WRIST FRACTURES ... , Painful radial ... #msk #orthopedics
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Orthopedic Fracture ... the radial head ... of Distal Radial ... Extra-articular radial ... Extra-articular radial
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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Distal Radius Fracture ... • Chauffer = radial ... variable gross wrist ... carpal tunnel syndrome ... #Radial #Colles
Golfer’s Elbow Test

While supporting the elbow and palpating the medial epicondyle with one hand, the examiner
Golfer’s Elbow Test ... palpating the medial ... reproduced at the medial ... #Test #epicondylitis ... #medial #clinical
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
Radial Nerve Anatomy ... is the nerve of elbow ... and elbow joints ... Anatomy #diagnosis #neurology ... #orthopedics
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
Extension C7 Radial ... Nerve Wrist Extension ... C6 Radial Nerve ... MuscleGroups #MSK #Orthopedics ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Tapping the radial ... normally elicits elbow ... radial deviation ... as the inverted radial ... #Reflex #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
- C6, C7, C8 Elbow ... Extension - C7, C8 (radial ... damage to the radial ... nerve in the radial ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
The Schatzker classification ... > bicondylar > medial ... Compartment syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Schatzker #Classification
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
ulnar shaft with radial ... and missing the radial ... Exam: swollen elbow ... ), compartment syndrome ... DC with orthopedic