Ulnar paradox is due to:
Correct Answer: FDP
Description: Ulnar paradox The higher the lesion of the median and ulnar nerve injury , the less prominent is the deformity and vice versa, because in higher lesions the long finger flexors are also paralysed (which were causing interphalangeal flexion/clawing). The loss of finger flexion makes the deformity look less obvious/ less clawing In low ulnar nerve palsy forearm muscles are spared but the clawing is more ( as compared to high ulnar nerve palsy) because in low ulnar nerve palsy finger flexors are spared which adds on to the deformity by flexing IP joints.
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