The Scaphoid Shift Test, also called the Watson Test, assesses dynamic scaphoid movement during wrist deviation while the examiner applies pressure to the scaphoid tubercle. A positive finding may include familiar pain, clunking, subluxation sensation or apprehension. Scapholunate ligament lesions a...
The Finkelstein Test assesses whether a controlled thumb and wrist manoeuvre reproduces familiar radial wrist pain near the first dorsal compartment. It is commonly used in suspected de Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Current clinical discussion highlights that Finkelstein and Eichhoff-style tests are oft...
The Supination Lift Test assesses whether a loaded wrist position reproduces familiar ulnar-sided wrist pain, commonly in suspected triangular fibrocartilage complex involvement. The client places the palm under a table or similar surface and attempts to lift upward, loading the wrist in supination ...
Wrist Tinel’s Test assesses whether tapping over the median nerve at the carpal tunnel reproduces familiar median nerve symptoms. A 2023 meta-analysis reported pooled sensitivity of 0.45 and specificity of 0.78 for Tinel’s sign in carpal tunnel syndrome, suggesting low sensitivity and higher specifi...
The scapholunate ligament is a key wrist stabiliser between the scaphoid and lunate. Injury can contribute to radial wrist pain, clicking, grip weakness and dynamic instability, especially after a fall or loaded wrist extension injury. Recent research highlights that scapholunate ligament lesion dia...
Phalen’s Test assesses whether sustained wrist flexion reproduces median nerve distribution symptoms. It is commonly used in suspected carpal tunnel syndrome, but diagnostic accuracy varies between studies. A 2020 study of provocative tests using electrodiagnostic testing as the reference standard f...
The Allen Test and Modified Allen Test assess visible hand reperfusion after temporary occlusion of radial and ulnar arterial flow. They are used as screening tools for hand collateral circulation, especially before procedures involving the radial artery. However, literature has questioned whether A...
ulnar nerve test, cubital tunnel sign, little finger abduction sign, ulnar neuropathy sign, positive Wartenberg’s Sign
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Professionals want to understand what Wartenberg’s Sign means, how to observe it and how to record it in an upper-limb nerve assessment.
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The Wringing test is a physical examination maneuver used to assess for the presence of lateral epicondylitis, also known as tennis elbow. The test involves asking the patient to grip an object, such as a doorknob or towel, and twist it back and forth as if wringing out a towel.
Procedure:
- Ask t...
Pronator Teres Syndrome testing assesses whether compression or loading around the proximal forearm reproduces median nerve symptoms. Common clinical approaches include pronator compression, resisted pronation and resisted middle-finger flexion depending on the suspected compression site. Recent rev...
Tinel’s Test at the elbow assesses whether gentle tapping over the ulnar nerve region reproduces familiar tingling, paraesthesia or symptoms into the ulnar nerve distribution. A positive result may support suspicion of ulnar nerve irritability or cubital tunnel involvement, but it does not confirm c...
The Elbow Varus Stress Test assesses lateral elbow response to varus loading. It is commonly used when lateral collateral ligament complex involvement, lateral ulnar collateral ligament involvement or lateral elbow instability is suspected. A positive finding may include familiar lateral elbow pain,...
