Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury
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Definition:
Damage, harm, or loss to the musculocultaneous nerve particularly as the result of external force.
Symptoms- Weakness of elbow flexion and supination of the forearm
- Decreased biceps reflex
- Decreased sensation on the outside of forearm
Causes- Compression due to hypertrophy or entrapment between the biceps aponeurosis and brachialis fascia
- Injured through stretch as occurs in dislocations and sometimes in surgery
- Stretched during a throwing injury
- Wearing a heavy backpack
Treatment- ROM and strethching
- Soft tissue massage
- Upper extremity strengthening
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