UL- hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder

Question 1

Piano key sign test
- what for
- how
- positive

Answer 1

for= TFCC injury
how=
- pronated wrist
- ulanr head pushed in volar direction

+ve= pain or laxity in TFCC/radial-ulnar joint

Question 2

TFCC meaning & where

Answer 2

triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC)

Question 3

TFCC compression test
- what for
- how
- positive

Answer 3

what for= TFCC

how=
- fixate radius and ulna near joint line
- bring hand into ulnar deviation
- under axial compression

+ve= rep. of pain

Question 4

Shareys test
- what for
- how
- positive

Answer 4

what for= TFCC, and may indicate OA

how=
- stabilise ulna-radio joint
- compression force to wrist
- passively rotate wrist

+ve= pain reproduction or painful crepitus

Question 5

Ulnomeniscal Triquetral Dorsal Glide test
- what for
- how
- positive

Answer 5

for= TFCC

how=
- stabilise ulna
- apply gentle ventral force with thumb to ulna
- apply dorsal force with index over piso triquetral complex

+ve= rep. of pain in TFCC

Question 6

Fickelsteins test
- what for
- how
- positive

Answer 6

for= de quervains tenosynovitis

how=
- clasp finger with thumb
- ulnar deviation of wrist
- can do resisited

+ve= increase in symptoms in ASB