Week 7- distal upper extremity

Question 1

elbow and forearm mobility position hand for _________ tasks

Answer 1

elbow and forearm mobility position hand for functional tasks

Question 2

elbow and forearm stability is for __________ through the upper extremity

Answer 2

elbow and forearm stability is for weight bearing through the upper extremity

Question 3

normal cubitus valgus

Answer 3

8-15 degrees

Question 4

locations of entrapment for the ulnar nerve

Answer 4

nerve roots
first rib
pec minor
humeral head
cubital tunnel
guyon’s canal

Question 5

what is the motion that screens for a compromised ulnar nerve ?

Answer 5

claw hand

Question 6

what muscles are atrophied due to ulnar nerve injury

Answer 6

hypothenars, intrinsics

Question 7

locations of median nerve entrapment

Answer 7

nerve roots
scalenes
pec minor
humeral head
pronator teres
carpal tunnel

Question 8

median nerve entrapment clinical tests

Answer 8

tinels
phalens
reverse phalens

Question 9

median nerve entrapment clinical appearance

Answer 9

Ape Hand
make a fist: hand of benediction

Question 10

radial nerve locations of entrapment

Answer 10

nerve roots
scalenes
triangular space
spiral groove
lateral epi
ECRB
arcade of froshe

Question 11

clinical tests for radial nerve entrapment

Answer 11

tinels
resisted supination

Question 12

clinical appearance of radial nerve entrapment

Answer 12

wrist drop

Question 13

causes of lateral elbow tendinopathy

Answer 13

repetitive wrist extension w/ radial deviation

Question 14

pt presentation of LET

Answer 14

crepitus
pain with eccentric wrist flex
pain with gripping
profession with repetitive wrist/hand movements

Question 15

causes of medial epicondylagia

Answer 15

repetitive wrist flexion, gripping/twisting

Question 16

cubital tunnel syndrome causes

Answer 16

ulnar nerve entrapment
repetitive microtrauma in flexion
sustained position- flexion in sleeping
trauma to posteromedial elbow

Question 17

causes of osteochondritis dessicans

Answer 17

repetitive, forceful valgus, repetitive weight bearing

Question 18

pt of osteochondritis dessicans are usually…

Answer 18

younger athletes, males more than females

Question 19

what is little leaguers elbow?

Answer 19

ulnar collateral ligament sprain

Question 20

lateral collateral ligament sprain causes

Answer 20

trauma with varus force
VARUS

Question 21

Causes of Radial head compression fracture

Answer 21

FOOSH- elbow extension, forearm pronation

Question 21

carpal tunnel syndrome causes

Answer 21

sustained/repeated wrist flexion and extension

Question 22

dequervains tenosynovitis causes

Answer 22

tenosynovitis between EPB and APL, repetitive radial deviation

Question 23

scaphoid fracture causes

Answer 23

FOOSH, especially wrist hyperextension

Question 24

CMC Arthritis causes

Answer 24

repetitive loading through thumb, especially CMC hyperextension

Question 25

CMC arthritis is correlated in what populations?

Answer 25

female, older