radial paralysis

British  

noun

1. vet science paralysis of a forelimb as a result of loss of function of the radial nerve, usually following traumatic injury

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Example Sentences

The leg is flexed as in complete radial paralysis, or fracture of the ulna.

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Described under the titles of "Radial Paralysis" and "Brachial Paralysis," there is to be found in veterinary literature a discussion of conditions which vary in character from the almost insignificant form of paresis to the incurably affected conditions wherein the whole shoulder is completely paralyzed.

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Etiology and Occurrence.—Nothing definite is known about the cause of some forms of radial paralysis.

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However, radial paralysis is encountered following injury to the nerve occasioned by its being stretched, as in cases where the triceps brachii is unduly extended in restraining subjects by means of a casting harness.

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Differential Diagnosis.—In making examination of these cases, one can exclude fracture by absence of crepitation and usually, also, swelling is absent in radial paralysis.

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