06/19/2026
Ulnar neuropathy/cubital tunnel syndrome
Mechanism of Injury
Compression
Signs and Symptoms
Night/morning pain, numbness/tingling in 4th and 5th digits, difficulty with hand coordination, decreased grip strength, pain along medial aspect of forearm, clawhand deformity (Duchenne’s sign), radial deviation of the hand with wrist flexion, elbow flexion test, Tinel’s sign, Wartenberg’s sign
Conservative Interventions
Nerve glides, elbow ROM and strengthening, stretching
Surgical Intervention
Anterior transposition of the ulnar nerve, decompression at Guyon’s canal in wrist