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9 Cards in this Set
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impingement sign
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- Position pt sitting
- internally rotate arm w/ thumb downward - abduct and forward flex the arm - If impingement, pt will experience pain as the arm is abducted |
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test for tennis elbow
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- resisted wrist extension
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Tinel's test
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- for carpel tunnel
- a sign of nerve recovery, if the site of the nerve injury is tapped, there is tingling along the course of the nerve - tapping over the carpal tunnel causes tingling in the thumb and radial two and a half fingers |
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Phalen's test
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- for carpal tunnel
- wrists held in flexion for 60 seconds or less - test is positive if it causes a reproduction of sx - due to increased P in the tunnel from by wrist flexion |
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Allen test
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- compressing radial and ulnar arteries, pt makes a fist until blood is gone
- release pressure on one or the other to demonstrate patency |
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Bunnell test
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- test for intrinsic muscle tightness where the MCP joints cannot be fully extended if the IP joints are fully flexed
- but MP joint extension increases with IP joint extension |
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intrinsic minus deformities
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claw hands
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intrinsic plus deformities
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boutineer
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Monteggia fracture
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- Proximal ulna fracture
- AND fracture subluxation of radial head |
