Abstract
Entrapment of the posterior interosseous nerve occurs frequently, and may be manifested by weakness of the forearm extensor muscles, by forearm pain alone, or by both muscle weakness and pain. The disturbance may mimic the peripheral symptoms of a cervical spondylosis and may be related to the occurrence of a rheumatoid arthritis as well. The nerve is a branch of the radial nerve supplying extensor muscles in the forearm. There is no cutaneous sensory distribution. The disturbance has been referred to as “tennis elbow” and may be manifested as forearm pain without clinical evidence of muscular weakness.
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Turner, O.A., Taslitz, N., Ward, S. (1990). Posterior Interosseous Nerve Entrapment. In: Handbook of Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4492-9_14
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