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CHT NEUROANATOMY/NERVE INJURY & SENSORY REEDUCATION EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS An order for hand therapy states "neuropraxic injury right median nerve". What information can the therapist provide the patient regarding the injury and prognosis? ....ANSWER ...-the prognosis is good and the patient should see recovery within one month with treatment A patient complains of parasthesia over the dorsal thumb 2 weeks after undergoing a thumb CMC ligament reconstruction tendinous interpostion (LRTI) surgery. No other symptoms are present. What is most likely causing this parasthesia? ....ANSWER ...-traction injury to the superficial branch of the radial nerve when the nerve was retracted during surgery True/False: proximal nerve injuries have a better prognosis for successful regeneration than distal injuries - ....ANSWER ...-false A patient is evaluated for complaints of numbness in the thumb and IF 6 months after a carpal tunnel decompression. The patient's job requires forearm rotation. The therapist is now considering another nerve might be compressed causing the numbness. Of the ...©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1