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== Common Nerve Injuries ==
== Common Nerve Injuries ==


=== Upper LImb ===
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! scope="col" | '''Nerve'''
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!'''Related Injuries'''
! scope="col" | 3rd Column Heading
! scope="col" | '''Muscle Affected'''
! scope="col" | 4th Column Heading
!'''Motor Function'''
!'''Sensation'''
! scope="col" | '''Test'''
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| 1st column 2nd row
| '''Spinal Accessory Nerve'''
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| 1st column 3rd row
| '''Long Thoracic Nerve'''
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| 1st column 4th row
| '''Axillary Nerve'''
|Shoulder Fracture
Shoulder Dislocation
| 2nd column 4th row
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|'''Suprascapular Nerve'''
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|'''Musculocutaneous Nerve'''
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|'''Ulnar Nerve'''
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|'''Radial Nerve'''
|Humeral Fracture
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| rowspan="2" |'''Median Nerve'''
| rowspan="2" |Supracondylar Humeral Fractures
|'''Forearm;'''
* Pronator Teres
* Flexor Carpi Radialis
* Palmaris Longus
 
* Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
 
* Flexor Digitorum Profundus
* Flexor Pollicis Longus
* Pronator Quadratus
| rowspan="2" |'''High Lesion;'''
 
* Loss Wrist Flexion
* Loss of Opponens
* Loss of Ulnar Deviation
* Wasting of Thenar Eminence ‘Ape like Hand’
 
 
'''Low Lesion;'''
 
* Long Flexors Unaffected
* Loss of Opponens
* Thenar Muscle Wasting
 
 
'''Carpal Tunnel;'''
 
* Wasting of Thenar Eminence;
* Weakness Abductor Pollicis Brevis
* Loss of Opponens
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| rowspan="2" |Ok Test
Pinch Test
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|'''Hand;    LOAF'''
 
* Opponens Pollicis
* Abductor Pollicis
* Flexor Pollicis
 
* Lumbricals 1 & 2
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Introduction[edit | edit source]

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Immediate Emergency Care[edit | edit source]

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Emergency Medical Teams[edit | edit source]

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Common Nerve Injuries[edit | edit source]

Upper LImb[edit | edit source]

Nerve Related Injuries Muscle Affected Motor Function Sensation Test
Spinal Accessory Nerve 3rd column 2nd row
Long Thoracic Nerve 2nd column 3rd row 3rd column 3rd row
Axillary Nerve Shoulder Fracture

Shoulder Dislocation

2nd column 4th row 3rd column 4th row
Suprascapular Nerve
Musculocutaneous Nerve
Ulnar Nerve
Radial Nerve Humeral Fracture
Median Nerve Supracondylar Humeral Fractures Forearm;
  • Pronator Teres
  • Flexor Carpi Radialis
  • Palmaris Longus
  • Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
  • Flexor Digitorum Profundus
  • Flexor Pollicis Longus
  • Pronator Quadratus
 High Lesion;
  • Loss Wrist Flexion
  • Loss of Opponens
  • Loss of Ulnar Deviation
  • Wasting of Thenar Eminence ‘Ape like Hand’


Low Lesion;

  • Long Flexors Unaffected
  • Loss of Opponens
  • Thenar Muscle Wasting


Carpal Tunnel;

  • Wasting of Thenar Eminence;
  • Weakness Abductor Pollicis Brevis
  • Loss of Opponens
 Ok Test

Pinch Test

Hand;    LOAF
  • Opponens Pollicis
  • Abductor Pollicis
  • Flexor Pollicis
  • Lumbricals 1 & 2

Resources[edit | edit source]

Early Rehabilitation in Conflict and Disasters, Humanity and Inclusion

Rehabilitation in Sudden Onset Disasters, Humanity and Inclusion

References [edit | edit source]

 

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