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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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FracturesFinger ... muscles of hand ... adduction) OK Sign ... Scissors #Nerve #Injury ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis #neurology
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
with upper limb fractures ... Nerve OK Sign ... #Hand #Peripheral ... #Nerves #PhysicalExam ... Mnemonic #Upper #Arm
Hamate Fracture on Wrist X-Ray

- point tenderness over the hamate should raise suspicion for a fracture,
are negative a ... ultimately require surgery ... and fractures with ... associated signs ... neurovascular injury
Wartenberg Sign in Ulnar Neuropathy

Abnormal abductor the fifth finger due to ulnar neuropathy ( weakness of
Wartenberg Sign ... #hand #pinky #finger ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #msk ... #sports #orthopedics
Froment's Sign - Ulnar Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of the ulnar nerve will not be able
Ulnar Nerve Injury ... third fingers, ... second fingers ... Injury #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
indicating cervical injury ... reflex #clinical #hand ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #sports
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
PIP joints are ... ulnar displacernent ... Hyperextension injury ... Discharge with orthopedic ... #Orthopedics #MSK
OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
Nerve Injury ... OK signs are seen ... #Finger #Hand # ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
the patient's hand ... the fingers are ... indicative of injury ... #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #Reflex
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
aracteristic "claw hand ... spared in this injury ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm ... #physicalexam