UE Neurology Flashcards
Injury that affect C5 & C6 anterior rami
Usually a result of dramatically increasing the angle between the neck and the shoulder
Ruptures spinal roots off spinal cord
Upper plexus injury
Individual has an adducted and medially rotate arm and an extended elbow
“Waiter’s Tip Position” /Erb-Duchenne Palsy
“Waiter Tip Position/Erb-Duchenne Palsy is a injury to the
Upper plexus
Injury that results from dramatically increasing the angle between the trunk & upper limb
Lower Plexus injury
Injury that results in “claw hand” when individual tries to make a fist
Klumpke Paralysis
Lower Plexus injury
Results from prolonged periods of working with the upper limb over the head
Pain radiating down the arm , loss of sensation, tingling of the arms,& weakness of the hands
Compression of the cords of the brachial plexus
Rare injury with blunt force trauma & renders the anterior brachial muscles paralyzed
“Getting punched in the arm/gut really hard”
Musculocutaneous N. Injury
Results in atrophy of the deltoid m.
Loss of sensation over the superolateral arm where superior lateral brachial cutaneous n is
Axially n injury
Injury is which one is unable to abduct arm
Axillary n injury
Injury that results in adducted thumb & thenar eminence atrophy
Injury of median n of the wrist
“Ape’s Hand”
Injury of median n at the wrist
Injury that inhibits flexion of 2nd & 3rd digits
Injury at the median n of the elbow
“Hand of Benediction”
Injury of the median n at the elbow
Occurs:
Posterior to the medial humeral epicondyle
Between the ulnar & humeral heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris m. (Cubital tunnel
At the wrist or hand
Ulnar N. Injury
Ulnar N. Injury produces what kind of physical result
Claw hand
Injury that results from pressure is placed on the hamulus of the hamate b like when riding a bike
Ulnar n. Injury
“Handlebar neuropathy”
Sensory loss on the medial side of the hand & weakness of the intrinsic hand muscles
Handlebar neuropathy
Ulnar n injury
Results in “wrist drop”
Impairment of elbow extension and thumb abduction and extension
Injury of the radial n.
