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Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

by Dr. Boby
Nerve Injury ... to make the OK sign ... #physicalexam #msk ... #sports #neurology ... #orthopedics #Hand
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
 -
Critical and Emergent ... Neuromuscular Weakness ... nerve - Muscle ... #Differential # ... Neurology #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... (2% of facial nerve ... Compression Tumor, Trauma ... #Causes #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
for pinch grip weakness ... clinical #video #neurology ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports ... #hand
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Neuromuscular Weakness ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lesions Of The Peripheral ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... Diagnosis #neurology
Wartenberg Sign in Ulnar Neuropathy

Abnormal abductor the fifth finger due to ulnar neuropathy ( weakness of
Wartenberg Sign ... ulnar neuropathy ( weakness ... Ulnar #Neuropathy #hand ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... symptoms/signs, ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... #Differential #
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clumsiness in hands ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Causes: • Major trauma ... Microscopic damage weakens ... Femur #Fractures #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #differential #