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Proximal Arm: Weakness & Dysfunction
Myopathy
Fascioscapulohumeral Dystrophy
Scapuloperoneal syndromes
Absent muscles
Immune myopathies
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BCIM
Myosin loss myopathy
Neutral lipid storage:
PNPLA2
Scapular winging
Neuromuscular junction:
Myasthenia Gravis
Neuropathic
Axillary nerve
Quadrilateral space syndrome
Brachial Plexopathy
Motor Neuron Disease
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Proximal LMN syndrome
Also see:
Neuropathy with Upper extremity onset
Joint & connective tissue disorders
Rotator cuff tendonitis
Bicipital tendonitis
Shoulder capsulitis (Frozen shoulder)
Throwing disorders
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Weakness: Elbow Flexor > Elbow Extensor
Nerve
ALS
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
Musculocutaneous nerve
Brachial plexus:
Upper
C6 radiculopathy
Muscle
Acid maltase deficiency
FSH dystrophy
LGMD 2B
LGMD 2L
Ruptured biceps tendon
Weakness: Elbow extension
Shoulder Disorders: Diagnostic features
Rotator cuff tendonitis
Anatomy
Tendon covering top, front & back of humeral head
Formed by tendons from: Subscapularis, Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor
Pain location: Deltoid region
Evoked pain: On resisted active movement
Abduction: Supraspinatus
External rotation: Infraspinatus & Teres minor
Internal rotation: Subscapularis
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Bicipital tendonitis
Pain location: Anterior shoulder
Evoked pain: Resisted active flexion or supination of forearm
Shoulder adhesive capsulitis (Frozen shoulder)
Pain location: Deltoid region
Movement restriction
Glenohumeral
Capsular pattern: External rotation > Abduction > Internal rotation
Antero-superior capsule: External rotation w/ arm adducted
Antero-inferior capsule: External rotation w/ arm abducted
Posterior capsule: Internal rotation
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Rule out: Posterior dislocation
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Throwing disorders
Joint instability
Superior glenoid labrum
Little league shoulder: Epiphysiolysis of the proximal humerus
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Shoulder disorders:
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Myopathy & NMJ Index
7/8/2014