Ulnar Nerve Injury

Definition:
Damage, harm, or loss to the ulnar nerve particularly as the result of external force.
Purchase 3 Phases

Symptoms
  • Abnormal sensations in the little finger and part of the ring finger, usually on the palm side
  • Loss of coordination of the fingers
  • Numbness, decreased sensation
  • Pain
  • Tingling, burning sensation
  • Weakness and clumsiness of the hand
  • Pain or numbness may awaken you from sleep
  • "Claw-like" deformity (in severe cases)
  • Difficulty moving the fingers
  • Wasting of the hand muscles (in severe cases)
  • Weakness of hand flexing
Causes
  • An illness in the whole body that damages a single nerve
  • Direct injury to the nerve
  • Long-term pressure on the nerve
  • Pressure on the nerve caused by swelling or injury of nearby body structures
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome
  • Fracture of the medial epicondyle
  • Stab wound
  • Guyon canal cyst
Treatment
  • ROM and stretching
  • Hand intrinsic muscle strengthening
  • Upper extremity strengthening
Ulnar Nerve Injury Phase I

Purchase Phase

  • Elbow Flexion Stretch
  • Elbow Supination Stretch
  • Putty Gripping
  • Passive Elbow Extension

Ulnar Nerve Injury Phase II

Purchase Phase

  • Wrist Curls
  • Wrist Pronation Supination
  • Curl Press
  • Ulnar Radial Deviation
  • Rice Wrist Flexion And Extension
  • Full Anterior Stretch

Ulnar Nerve Injury Phase III

Purchase Phase

  • Ulnar Radial Deviation
  • Rice Wrist Flexion And Extension
  • Wrist Curls
  • Rice Wrist Pronation Supination
  • Rice Hand Opening Closing
  • Eccentric Wrist Flexion
  • Eccentric Wrist Extension