Radial Nerve Injury
Definition:
Damage, harm, or loss to the radial nerve particularly as the result of external force.
Symptoms- Abnormal sensations in hand or forearm (dorsal hand, radial surface, 2nd and 3rd fingers)
- Difficulty straightening the arm at the elbow
- Difficulty bending the hand back at the wrist, or even holding the hand
- Numbness, decreased sensation, tingling, or burning sensation
- Pain
- Wrist drop
Causes- Improper use of crutches
- Broken upper arm bone
- Long-term or repeated constriction of the wrist
- Pressure caused by hanging the arm over the back of a chair
- Pressure to the upper arm from arm positions during sleep or coma
- Pinching of the nerve during deep sleep, such as when a person is intoxicated
- Long-term pressure on the nerve, usually caused by swelling or injury of nearby body structures
- Lead poisoning
Treatment- ROM and stretching to hand
- Hand intrinsic strengthening
- Upper extremity strengthening
Radial Nerve Injury Phase I
- Foam Wedge In Flexion
- Foam Wedge In Abduction
- Elbow Supination Stretch
- Thoracic Stretch 1
- Wall Clocks
- Full Anterior Stretch
Radial Nerve Injury Phase II
Radial Nerve Injury Phase III
- Ulnar Radial Deviation
- Rice Wrist Flexion And Extension
- Wrist Curls
- Rice Wrist Pronation Supination
- Rice Hand Opening Closing
- Eccentric Wrist Flexion
- Eccentric Wrist Extension
