Peds

Question 1

Klumpke’s paralysis

Answer 1

Birth: lower brachial plexus injury

Weakness: hand, wrist flexors; claw hand

Question 2

Charcot-Marie-tooth disease

Answer 2

Peroneal muscle atrophy

Footdrop, stork leg deformity

Progresses to UE

Question 3

Erb’s Palsy

Answer 3

Birth: upper brachial plexus injury

Shoulder, elbow weakness, waiters tip deformity

Treatment: neutral positioning, gentle range of motion