The abducted arm as a sign of ruptured cervical disc
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R M Beatty1, F D Fowler, E J Hanson
1Department of Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Neurosurgery
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
A helpful clinical sign of ruptured cervical disc is pain relief upon arm abduction. When the disease process is spondylosis with foraminal stenosis, changing arm position does not relieve pain. Anatomical considerations are discussed.