Hand muscle atrophy

Evidence-based neurology checklist on hand muscle atrophy: Physiological causes Aging Spinal cord causes Brachial plexus causes Nerve causes Rheumatological causes

Physiological causes

  • Aging

Spinal cord causes

Brachial plexus causes

Nerve causes

Rheumatological causes

References

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  4. Mathews JA. Wasting of the small hand muscles in upper and mid-cervical cord lesions. QJM 1998; 91:691-700.
  5. Gilliatt RW, Le Quesne PM, Logue V, Sumner AJ. Wasting of the hand associated with a cervical rib or band. JNNP 1970; 33:615-624.
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