OT Hand Deformities
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- If a person presents with a dropped wrist/or finger what is likely the nerve damaged?
- Radial Nerve Injury
- A "Cock Up" -volar wrist flexion control, MCP extension mobilization splint and wrist mobilization would be appropriate orthosis for what nerve injury?
- Radial Nerve Injury
- A DISTAL median nerve injury would cause what type of deformity?
- "Ape" hand
- A PROXIMAL Median nerve injury would cause what types of deformities?
- "Active Papal Sign"; Loss of DIP flexion of index/middle finger
- "Claw Hand" would be the deformity caused by what nerve injury?
- Median & Ulnar Nerve injuries
- What is a claw hand also known as?
- Intrinsic Minus Hand
- A "Bishops" hand aka "Benedication hand" or static Papal sign is due to what ulnar nerve damage and what type of deformity?
- Ulnar Nerve Damage; Ulnar clawing of the 4th adn 5th digits
- What is a "Buddy Splint" appropriate for--what type of nerve injury?
- A PROXIMAL median nerve injury--you tape fingers together to middle finger to assist
- A person presenting with Ape Hand due to a distal median nerve damage would need what type of orthosis?
- Thumb post static splint, Dynamic thumb orthosis, C-bar Opponens
- An opponens orthosis with lumbrical bar (MCP blocks) would be appropriate to use with what type of nerve injury?
- Median or ulnar nerve damage--"Claw Hand"/"Intrinsic Minus hand"
- Opponens orthosis with lumbrical bar (MCP block) to 4th and 5th digits and MCP flexion mobilization splint would be appropriate to use with what type of nerve injury?
- Ulnar Nerve injury