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Wrist/Hand/Fingers
Wrist/Hand/Fingers Special Tests
| Special Test | Tests for... | Positive (+) Test |
|---|---|---|
| Carpal Glides | instability | increased laxity/pain |
| Glides/Stress (Fingers) | instability | increased laxity/pain |
| Allen's | vascular occlusion of the radial and ulnar arteries | delayed color into hand on one or both sides |
| Finkelstein's | DeQuervain's Disease (tenosynovitis of extensor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis longus) | pain with PROM into ulnar deviation |
| Tinel's Sign | nerve pathologies - ulnar, radial or median | tingling, pain, parasthesia into nerve distribution (ulnar-Tunnel of Guyon, median-carpal tunnel, radial-distal to radial styloid process) |
| Phalen's | carpal tunnel syndrome | tingling, pain, parasthesia into median nerve distribution |