Cultural References
There are a number of colloquial terms used to describe radial nerve injuries, which are usually dependent on the causation factor:
- Saturday night palsy from falling asleep with one's arm hanging over the arm rest of a chair, compressing the radial nerve at the spiral groove.
- Honeymoon palsy from another individual sleeping on and compressing one's arm overnight. This can also refer to Anterior interosseous nerve palsy from compression on the forearm resulting in an inability to flex the index and thumb tips. In this interpretation, it is a branch of the median nerve and not the radial nerve which is affected.
- Handcuff Neuropathy from tight fitting handcuffs compressing the superficial branch of the distal radial nerve; this is also referred to as cheiralgia paresthetica.
- Crutch palsy from poorly fitted axillary crutches.
- Squash palsy from a lack of use of the arm in a manner usually associated with the sport squash, can happen to squash players during prolonged periods between matches.
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