Trainers' Page Humerus (upper arm bone) fractures are not common in athletics. Humerus fractures account for approximately 3% of all fractures. Due to the low incidence rate of humerus fractures, Athletic Trainers may not see more than one in their professional career. Treatment of a humerus fracture begins with a visit to...

Review of nerve entrapments syndromes from groin to foot
Synonyms and related keywords: iliohypogastric nerve entrapment, ilioinguinal nerve entrapment, genitofemoral nerve entrapment, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment, femoral nerve entrapment, saphenous nerve entrapment, obturator nerve entrapment, peroneal nerve entrapment, posterior tibial nerve entrapment, tarsal tunnel syndrome, superficial peroneal nerve entrapment, deep...

Novak, Mackinnon & Baratz 2005
Paul of Aegina (625-690) was the first to describe approximation of the nerve ends with wound closure. Hueter (1871, 1873) introduced the concept of primary epineurial nerve suture, and Nelaton described secondary nerve repair in 1864. Even at an early time, the idea of decreasing tension...

The brain and spinal cord receive and send information through muscles and sensory receptors. The information sent to organs is transmitted through nerves. The nerves travel to the upper and lower extremities and traverse the various joints along their paths. Unfortunately, these nerves can become compressed or entrapped at various...

Tardy posterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with radial head fracture: a case report Jas Daurka , Alvin Chen , Kashif Akhtar and Srinath Kamineni Cases Journal 2009, 2:22 (full text available)
Background A 55 year old gentleman presented with tardy posterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with radial head fracture.
Case presentation The patient developed...

The authors present a brief and selective history of surgery for peripheral nerve tumors to illustrate how the current understanding of the nature of disease influences the choice of surgical intervention. There was very little understanding of the anatomy and function of peripheral nerves in ancient times; consequently, surgical treatments...

Account of anatomy, nerve supply and injuries to the hand resulting in instrinsic deformity.
Synonyms and related keywords: claw hand deformity, claw-hand deformity, clawhand deformity, contractures of the hand, extrinsic tightness, Froment sign, Froment's sign, hand contractures, hand therapy, intrinsic muscles of the hand, intrinsic tightness test, median nerve injury,...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) have been endorsed by the North American Spine Society and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research) of the Department of Health and Human Services as an integral part of nonsurgical management of radicular pain from lumbar...

Causes of ulnar nerve disorders
* Ulnar nerve can be damaged by dislocation or fracture dislocation of the elbow and can be compressed by those who habitually lean on their elbows.
* May be associated with medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow).
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Editors-in-Chief: Rahul K. Nath, Texas Nerve & Paralysis Institute; Rolfe Birch (Editor Emeritus), Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital The official journal of the International Society for Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury is ready to receive manuscripts on all aspects of brachial plexus and peripheral...

Radial nerve compression or injury may occur at any point along the anatomic course of the nerve and may have varied etiologies. The most frequent site of compression is in the proximal forearm in the area of the supinator muscle and involves the posterior interosseous branch. However, problems can occur...

Feindel and Stratford (1958) were the first to use the term cubital tunnel. They emphasized that the ulnar nerve is compressed at the elbow because of anatomic peculiarities to that region. In 1898, Curtis performed the first published case of management for ulnar nerve neuropathy at the elbow, which consisted...

Cervical disc disorders encountered in physiatric practice include herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP), degenerative disc disease (DDD), and internal disc disruption (IDD). HNP implies extension of disc material beyond the posterior margin of the vertebral body. Most of the herniation is made up of the annulus fibrosus. DDD involves degenerative annular...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #64, 10:16 AM Treatment of High-Energy Supracondylar/Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus Lisa K. Cannada, MD , Mary B. Zadnik, OTR/L; Walter Andrew Eglseder, MD; University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore,...

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #64, 10:16 AM Treatment of High-Energy Supracondylar/Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus Lisa K. Cannada, MD , Mary B. Zadnik, OTR/L; Walter Andrew Eglseder, MD; University of Maryland Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore,...

Sciatica refers to symptoms arising from entrapment of lumbar spinal nerve roots. The symptoms are pain, tingling and numbness in the distribution of lumbar nerve roots - the buttocks, thigh, outer calf, foot and toes. Symptoms in sciatica typically extend to below the knee.
* The terms...

Because of the anatomic positioning of the ulnar nerve, it is subject to entrapment and injury by a wide variety of causes. It is the second most common entrapment neuropathy in the upper extremity (the first being the median nerve and its branches). Because of its superficial position at the...

Nerve Compression Syndromes Therapy Desensitization exercises & Therapy
Median
Carpal Tunnel
Pronator Syndrome
Radial
Radial Tunnel
Superficial Radial Nerve
Ulnar
Guyon's Canal
Cubital: Subcutaneous Transposition
Cubital: Submuscular Transposition
Nerve Compression Syndromes Therapy

Morton neuroma (interdigital neuroma), first described in 1876, is a perineural fibrosis and nerve degeneration of the common digital nerve. Morton neuroma is not a true neuroma, although it results in neuropathic pain in the distribution of the interdigital nerve secondary to repetitive irritation of the nerve. The most frequent...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is a condition characterised by symptoms of pain, altered sensation or neurological deficit affecting the branches of the posterior tibial nerve at the ankle. There may or may not be alterations in objective findings on neurological examination or in electrophysiological tests of nerve function. It is...

A neuroma is the swelling of nerve that is a result of a compression or trauma. They are often described as nerve tumors. However, they are not in the purest sense a tumor. They are a swelling within the nerve that may result in permanent nerve damage.

Sciatica describes pain or discomfort in the distribution of the sciatic nerve or its components. This nerve runs from the lower part of the spinal cord, down the back of the leg, to the foot. Injury to, or pressure on, the sciatic nerve can cause the characteristic pain of sciatica—a...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a compressive neuropathy of the median nerve at the wrist. The carpal tunnel is located at the base of the palm and is bounded on 3 sides by carpal bones and anteriorly by the transverse carpal ligament. Inside run the median nerve, flexor tendons, and...

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome is due to compression of a nerve called the Posterior Tibial Nerve.The nerve passes into the foot from around the inside of the ankle just below the ankle bone. Just beyond this point, the nerve enters the foot by passing between a muscle and a bone in...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a condition that is caused by compression of the tibial nerve or its associated branches as the nerve passes underneath the flexor retinaculum at the level of the ankle or distally.
Synonyms and related keywords: tarsal tunnel neuropathy, entrapment neuropathy of the tibial nerve, posterior tibial neuropathy,...