What is Ape Hand Deformity? Ape hand deformity is one type of deformity of median nerve palsy, which is caused by serious injuries to the arm, forearm, and wrist area. The ape hand is a movement deformity in people. That causes an unable to abduct or oppose the thumb so that the thumb movement is…
What is Anterior pelvic tilt? An anterior pelvic tilt is when your pelvis is rotated forward, which efforts your spine to curve. It is often caused by excessive sitting without enough exercise and stretching to counteract the results of sitting all day. If you have an anterior pelvic tilt you may notice that the muscles…
What is Latissimus dorsi Muscle? The latissimus dorsi muscle (‘the lats muscle’ or ‘the lats’) is the broadest muscle in the human body. It is relatively thin & covers almost all back muscles at the posterior trunk, rather than the trapezius muscle. Together with the levator scapulae, trapezius & rhomboid muscles, the latissimus dorsi relates to the superficial layer of the extrinsic…
What is Erb’s palsy? Erb’s palsy also known as Erb’s Duchenne palsy is a paralysis of the arm(Upper Limb). This injury occurs mainly due to injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves, The lesion is usually at the junction of the C5 and C6 roots (Erb’s point). These Nerve Root form part…
What is Neck muscle tightness? Neck muscle tightening refers to the feeling of heaviness around the neck or tightness that occurs mainly in the posterior of the neck muscles. when the muscles in the neck will not fully relax, which will lead to soreness, muscle spasms, & headaches. It has more possible causes, ranging from…
This arm muscle pain is defined as the discomfort & pain experienced anywhere throughout the arm.Sometimes this pain includes to wrist, elbow & shoulder joints.This arm muscle pain occurs due to a variety of causes.The most common causes of the arm muscles are injury or overuse.Depending on the cause of the arm this pain starts…
Introduction The adductor Magnus’s muscle is a large triangular muscle of the lower limb, with its apex located on the hip bone, & it’s base on the linea aspera of the femur. It is located both in the posterior & medial fascial compartments of the thigh. The distribution of this muscle in 2 compartments is…
Introduction The Adductor longus is one of the adductor muscles of the medial thigh. Together with adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis & obturator externus, it makes up the hip adductors. This large fan-shaped muscle is located most anteriorly of this group & covers the middle part of the adductor Magnus & the anterior part of…
What is the knee joint? A knee is the modified hinge joint, a type of synovial joint, that is composed of three functional compartments: a patellofemoral articulation, consisting of a patella, or “kneecap”, as well as a patellar groove on the front of a femur through which it slides; & the medial as well as…
Definition of Cerebral palsy (CP): PHYSIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY: Two classifications by motor function: What is pyramidal or spastic cerebral palsy? What are the types of spastic Cerebral palsy? Spastic Diplegia Spastic Hemiplegia Spastic Quadriplegia EXTRAPYRAMIDAL OR NON-SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY: Ataxic/ataxia: Dyskinetic: Athetoid: Dystonia/Dystonic: Athetosis: Chorea: Choreoathetoid: Dystonia: Mixed: Gross motor function classification scale(GMFCS):…
