1. What is/are movement limitation that Mrs Lee would come across and please explain the reason underneath.

2. Please describe the sensation issue of Mrs Lee and explain the type/mode of injury resulting in present condition.

Mrs Lee is a 60 years old woman. She is the housewife and lives with his husband and son in the public estate. Last week, she went to the wet market for buying food and groceries. She slipped fall on the street. Her right upper arm and armpit region were hit on the kerb. She went home and massage the armpit and upperarm immediately with massage oil. However pain over upper arm and armpit were still. At evening severe bruising was noted over upper arm and also the axilla. Mrs Lee was admitted to A&E department. She complaint numb over upper arm and could not move her wrist. Her X-ray indicated fractures over proximal part of humerus and she was sent to the ward for further treatment. The examination showed that her shoulder movement was limited due to pain elicited and muscle weakness. Numbness was also noted over upper arm, forearm and dorsum of the right hand. Sensory test showed that diminished sensation, only pain sensation was intact. She had weakness in wrist movement. Right hand grip was normal.

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