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What is wrist drop?
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Wrist drop: If you are holding your forearm horizontally level, and your wrist and hand are relaxed, wrist drop would be that you are unable to lift your hand to an upward pointing position by itself. Happens in radial nerve problems.
Answered 9/29/2015
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