Finkelstein test

 


AIM-

IDENTIFIES DE-QUERVAIN'S TENOSYNOVITIS (PARATENONITIS OF THE ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS AND/OR EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS).


PATIENT POSITION- 

SITTING OR STANDING


TECHNIQUE- 

PATIENT MAKES FIST WITH THUMB WITHIN CONFINES OF  FINGERS.

PASSIVELY MOVE WRIST INTO ULNAR DEVIATION.


POSITIVE SIGN- 

REPRODUCES PAIN IN WRIST.

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