Nerve Whiz

Designed by a neuromuscular neurologist at the University of Michigan, Nerve Whiz is a free application for medical professionals interested in learning the complex anatomy of nerve roots, plexuses, and peripheral nerves. Select which muscles are weak, or point to areas of sensory loss, and the application can provide you with distinguishing features and detailed information, complete with relevant pictures and diagrams.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Medical	Free	The University of Michigan	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Features
• Nerve and Muscle Charts. This comprehensive inventory of the most clinically relevant muscles in the upper and lower extremities can be sorted by root, trunk, cord, peripheral nerve, action, or muscle name.
• Muscle Localizer. Select muscles as weak or strong, and the application provides a list of possible localizations (root, plexus, or nerve), along with distinguishing features about each.
• Nerve Diagrams. Choose any localization (root, trunk, cord, or nerve), and see a diagram of that nerve in the context of the brachial or lumbosacral plexus. Toggle to “Muscle View” and the diagram shows you the muscles supplied by your chosen nerve, and from where their innervations arise.
• Sensory Localizer. Touch a picture of an arm or leg and Nerve Whiz suggests localizations with beautiful graphic representations of the sensory distributions of nerve roots, parts of the plexus, and nerves.

NOTE: Nerve Whiz is intended to be an educational tool only. Nerve distributions vary between patients, and central or multifocal processes can mimic focal peripheral lesions. As such, this application should not be relied upon to make clinical decisions.

Designed by Zach London, MD
Department of Neurology, University of Michigan

This application was funded through the generosity of the Jerry Isler Neuromuscular Fund.

Reviews

incredibly useful
IMHO2

an incredible free resource. serves as both a thoughtfully designed reference of peripheral nervous system function and an ingenious tool for localizing peripheral nervous system pathology. the sensory and muscle localizers are particularly helpful tools - both are designed to allow you to easily take readily available clinical information and figure out which portion of the nervous system is the culprit. on top of its obvious utility, its also a very well-designed and well thought out application. its incredible that they managed to convey so much information on a device so tiny.

Wow
The real GBot

So many apps in the Medical category on the app store are garbage, or not even vaguely intended for medical professionals. This app is fantastic and it's free. Other disease foundations should take notice; please fund more educational resources like this!

A Great Resource
Dnejejdbdjekdkf

I wish I had this in medical school.

Better than a planet full of supercomputers
Minnesota Martha

I haven't even used this yet, but I dropped out of med school because I realized that Nerve Whiz will make human doctors unnecessary.

Fantastic
DocDom

Would be a great application for any year medical student. So much information in a great format. Well done!

Good
chiefmd

Good but wish it had more pictures.

Physiatrist's Opinion
brothershen

I am a Physiatrist and boarded in EMG. So looking at this is pretty good. It would be useful for Neurologist and Physiatrist. Useful for a first year medical school student. Not useful for the general lay person.

If peripheral nerve tutorials were famous mice, this would be Mickey, Minnie, and Fievel all in one.
bertrjp

We were in search of the fabled Isle of Lees when the first of the storms hit. She rushed up o'er the stern like the lash of a whip. William wasn't more'n 12, and on his first voyage. He was stone face-ed as the wind ripped the jib off of her moorings. I think, looking back, he was a'tryin to show the men how brave he was. As it were, he only showed 'em how young he really was. Them who'd been around, see, looked aghast. This is a good app about the peripheral nervous system.