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Dead arm syndrome starts with repetitive motion and forces on the posterior capsule of the shoulder. The posterior capsule is a band of fibrous tissue that interconnects with tendons of the rotator cuff of the shoulder. Four muscles and their tendons make up the rotator cuff. They cover the outside of the shoulder to hold, protect and move the ...
The phenomenon has been observed to occur several minutes after the removal of medical ventilators used to pump air in and out of brain-dead patients. [4] It also occurs during testing for apnea—that is, suspension of external breathing and motion of the lung muscles—which is one of the criteria for determining brain death used for example by the American Academy of Neurology.
TOS can involve only part of the hand (as in the pinky and adjacent half of the ring finger), all of the hand, or the inner aspect of the forearm and upper arm. Pain can also be in the side of the neck, the pectoral area below the clavicle, the armpit/axillary area, and the upper back (i.e., the trapezius and rhomboid area).
A 37-year-old man woke up with neck pain, nausea, blurry vision. He was having a stroke caused by a cavernous malformation. After brain surgery, he is back hiking.
Honeymoon palsy from another individual sleeping on and compressing one's arm overnight. [11] Saturday night palsy from falling asleep with one's arm hanging over the arm rest of a chair or edge of bed, compressing the radial nerve. [12] Saturnine palsy from lead poisoning [13]
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Dead arm may refer to: Dead arm (baseball), a colloquial term for a pitcher who seems unable to throw as hard as he usually does; Dead arm (grapes), a dieback disease caused by the combination of two fungi, Eutypa armeniacae and Phomopsis viticola; Dead arm syndrome, a repetitive motion syndrome in people; Dead Arm, a wine produced by ...
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