Peripheral Nerve Examination

Authors:
Publisher website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Examination of radial nerve injury consists of obtaining a proper history and performing a thorough clinical examination. The clinician must be careful and extra vigilant to determine the exact site of the injury from history as well as to correlate the interpretations of the same with clinical examinations. The severity of nerve injury is to be determined with careful interpretation of radiological, electrophysiological and high-resolution ultrasonography of the nerve. Serial clinical examination is of sufficient importance to differentiate between recovering and non-recovering nerve injury. Examination of other nerves and joints is valuable to determine the management appropriate strategy. Individual patient characteristics (like absence of the palmaris longus) may significantly modify decisions regarding the appropriate interventions. The chapter throws light on specific concerns in history taking, clinical examination and interpretation of the invasive and non-invasive tests performed for radial nerve palsy.