TY  - JOUR
T1  - A sign of ulnar palsy
AU  - Wartenberg R
Y1  - 1939/04/29
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1939.62800170002011a
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1688
EP  - 1688
VL  - 112
IS  - 17
N2  - It seems to me worth while to point out the diagnostic importance of a sign of ulnar palsy that is apparently little known and is not even mentioned, for example, in the leading textbooks of neurology or in monographs on the peripheral nerves. This sign consists of a position of abduction assumed by the little finger. For years I have been observing this sign and have found it to be present in many cases, regardless of the cause of the palsy.1Sometimes the fourth finger too has a tendency to assume a position of abduction, but usually it is only the little finger that is found in an abnormal position. In many cases this abduction was nearly extreme and resembled a paralytic contracture. It was found to be most conspicuous when the patient was asked to extend his fingers at the proximal joints. The importance of this sign has
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1939.62800170002011a
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.62800170002011a
ER  -