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Chapter 11 - Examination of the Brachial Plexus
- By Fazal Ali, Joe Garcia, Armughan Azhar, Simon Kay
Edited by Fazal Ali, Nick Harris
Book:

Orthopaedic Examination Techniques

Published online:

22 April 2022

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12 May 2022, pp 193-212
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Summary

Brachial plexus examination is described in a simple manner for this difficult topic. A drawing of the brachial plexus is included, which is essential knowledge for learning to examine the brachial plexus. The system is: look, feel, move.
Inspection includes looking for Horner’s syndrome, which may indicate a preganglionic lesion. Palpation is for the presence of the pulse, sweating and the sensory testing. Motor testing is in a sequential manner whereby the examiner tests the myotomes, the muscles supplied by the branches off the roots, the muscles supplied by the branches off the trunks, the muscles supplied by the branches off the cords and then the terminal branches of the brachial plexus.
Included in the chapter is a section on how clinical examination findings influence treatment and also a section on the obstetric brachial plexus.

Prehistoric string theory. How twisted fibres helped to shape the world
Karen Hardy
Journal:

Antiquity / Volume 82 / Issue 316 / June 2008

Published online by Cambridge University Press:

02 January 2015, pp. 271-280

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June 2008
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The author reviews the role of string in early human communities, using prehistoric and ethnographic evidence. Fibres, rolled into string, offer a technical means of holding things together; but the process of manufacturing string itself inspired special roles and structures - which in turn held together the members of communities.

Bilateral aneurysms of the extracranial internal carotid artery presenting as vocal fold palsy
J. Mathews, C. C. Yeong, K. T. V. Reddy, S. E. Kent
Journal:

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 115 / Issue 8 / August 2001

Published online by Cambridge University Press:

08 March 2006, pp. 663-665

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August 2001
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Bilateral extracranial internal carotid aneurysms are very rare, though well documented. We report a case of bilateral extracranial internal carotid aneurysms presenting with vocal fold paralysis, which we believe to be the first.