SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

RADIAL NERVE PALSY

CAUSES:

AXILLA

• CRUTCH PALSY
• DEEP PENETRATING INJURY IN THE AXILLA
• DIPHTHERIA INVOLVING THE RADIAL NERVE IN THE AXILLA
• LEAD POISONING
• SATURDAY NIGHT PALSY

 UPPER ARM

• TOURNIQUET'S PALSY
• FRACTURE OF THE SHAFT OF THE HUMERUS
• IJECTION PALSY
• GUN SHOT OR GLASS CUT INJURY
• SUPRACONDYLAR PALSY

AT THE ELBOW

• TENNIS ELBOW
• FRACTURE OF THE UPPER END OF THE RADIUS
• DIRECT BLOW TO THE POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOU NERVE

CLINICAL FEATURE:

SENSORY MOTOR LOSS INVOLVING THAT AREA

TRICEPS AND BRACHIORADIALIS JERKS ARE ABSENT

DEFORMITY:WRIST DROP

TREATMENT:

CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT :

MAINTAINING OF RANGE OF MOTION BY PASSIVE MOVEMENTS

PREVENTION OF CONTRACTURE

DYNAMIC SPLINT

SURGICAL TREATMENT