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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 #
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... side of the wrist ... elbow flexion, wrist ... extension and wrist ... Inverted #Supinator #Test
Watson's Test for Scapholunate Instability

1) The examiner places a thumb over the scaphoid tubercle, applying dorsal
Watson's Test for ... pressure. 2) The wrist ... from ulnar to radial ... considered a positive test ... #Instability #wrist
Allen's Test on Physical Exam

Allen's Test is used to test the integrity of blood flow and
Allen's Test on ... hand through the radial ... arteries in the wrist ... , but when the radial ... #hand #ulnar #radial
Allen’s Test for Collateral Circulation

For the Allen test, you apply pressure to the radial and ulnar
Allen’s Test for ... For the Allen test ... pressure to the radial ... arteries in your wrist ... #Circulation #Radial
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
(ECU) Synergy Test ... The patient radially ... The test is positive ... aspect of the wrist
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
nerve of elbow, wrist ... space and the wrist ... deviates the wrist ... not involve a wrist ... deviated wrist
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
Fracture of distal radial ... shaft with distal radial-ulnar ... swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist ... #Radial #Distal
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Upper Limbs
Neer Classification of Proximal Humeral head Fractures:
 • 1-part
 • 2-part:
Distal third of radius ... fracture of the radius ... displacement of the wrist ... displacement of the wrist ... of the distal radius
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Supracondylar (4%), Radius ... Flexion Paper - Radial ... • Extension of wrist ... Supracondylar (2%), Radius ... Supracondylar (5%), Radius