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Hand & Upper Limb
intermediate
X-Type

Radial Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management

Nerve Compression Syndromes

A 42-year-old female manual laborer presents with 6 months of lateral forearm pain that radiates distally. The pain is worse with gripping and forearm rotation. She has tenderness 5cm distal to the lateral epicondyle, and pain is reproduced by resisted supination with the elbow extended. Wrist and finger extension strength is normal. Regarding radial tunnel syndrome:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Radial tunnel syndrome is a pain syndrome caused by compression of the posterior interosseous nerve ...

B

The five potential compression sites in the radial tunnel are: fibrous bands anterior to the radial ...

C

Radial tunnel syndrome and posterior interosseous nerve syndrome are identical conditions with the s...

D

Provocative tests for radial tunnel syndrome include resisted supination with the elbow extended, re...

E

Radial tunnel syndrome must be differentiated from lateral epicondylitis; in lateral epicondylitis, ...

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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option