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Wrist and Hand Common Clinical Presentations Flashcards

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WRIST AND HAND FRACTURES

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WRIST AND HAND FRACTURES

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What are some distal radius fracture examples?

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  • Colles Frx (outward/dorsal)
  • Smith Frx (inward)
  • Barton Frx (fracture line extends through radius and into joint)
  • Buckle Frx (compressive fracture)
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Scaphoid Fracture:

  • Most common among __-__ y/o _______
  • Common at _____ and proximal pole
  • Common MOI: ______ in position of ______ deviation
  • Recurrent vascular supply from ______ artery. Fracture of waist results in non-union common complication (proximal pole necrosis).
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  • 15-30 yo males
  • waist
  • FOOSH, radial deviation
  • radial
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What are the symptoms of a Scaphoid Fracture?

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  • deep, dull radial wrist pain

- pain with gripping/squeezing

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How will a patient with a Scaphoid Fracture present during a physical examination?

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  • tender anatomical snuff box
  • local swelling/bruising
  • often not visible on x-rays directly after injury
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Hook of Hamate Fracture:

  • Common MOI: _________
  • Be sure to check ______ nerve function!
  • Consider indicators of ulnar _______ injury
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  • FOOSH
  • ulnar
  • artery
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Lunate Fracture:

  • Goal: _____ recognition
  • _________ Disease can be a progression of lunate frx and involves __________ of the lunate. This creates a concern for _______ collapse.
  • This disease has an unknown etiology but is with history of trauma. What does management of this disease look like?
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  • early
  • Keinbock’s Disease, osteonecrosis, carpal
  • Surgery or immobilization for 6-10 weeks f/b progression of ROM/resistive exercises.
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INFLAMMATORY ARTHROPATHIES

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INFLAMMATORY ARTHROPATHIES

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What are 3 types of inflammatory arthropathies?

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  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Gouty Arthritis
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What are some signs of RA in the hands?

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  • Ulnar Drift (fingers)
  • Boutonneire Deformity
  • Swan Neck Deformity
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What is a Boutonneire Deformity and how does it present?

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  • Rupture of the central band, allowing the lateral bands to slip to the palmar side of the axis of rotation of the PIP.
  • Provides a flexion moment at the PIP and hyperextension moment at the DIP.
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What is a Swan Neck Deformity and how does it present?

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  • Disruption of the volar plate at the PIP, lateral bands bowstring dorsally, increasing the moment arm of the intrinsics and causing PIP extension.
  • Provides a hyperextension moment at the PIP and flexion moment at the DIP.
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Mallet Deformity is typically _________ and involves _______ of the DIP because of an extensor tendon rupture.

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  • traumatic

- flexion

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WRIST AND HAND OA

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WRIST AND HAND OA

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Osteoarthropathy more commonly occurs at the _______ or ____.

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wrist or CMC

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CMC Osteoarthropathy:

  • Pain at the _____ of the thumb
  • Hx prior _______ possibly
  • ________
  • Pain ROM at end-range (multi-directional)
  • Pain with resistance
  • ______ > ______
  • Age > ___ years more commonly
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  • base
  • trauma
  • crepitus
  • women > men
  • 45 y/o
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Arthropathies are typically _________ and have periods of _________/__________.

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  • insidious

- exacerbation/remission

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How will a patient with arthropathy present during a physical examination?

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  • deformities (also including nodules)
  • tenderness to palpation of joint line
  • diminished ROM
  • painful/weak resistance and grip testing
  • painful/hypomobile joint mobility testing
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3 ways RA is managed?

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Inflammatory Management
-consider remission/exacerbation
-thermal/cryotherapy
Exercises
-gripping/resistive exercises
-ROM exercises
Joint Protection
-splinting
-activity modification
20
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DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE AND SPRAINS

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DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE AND SPRAINS

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What are the risk factors for Dupuytren Contracture?

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  • caucasion
  • increasing age
  • male (7-15x)
  • alcoholism
  • DM
  • smoking
  • hand trauma
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Wrist Sprains:

  • MOI: Force to wrist exceeding normal range
  • Consider ______ fracture with differential
  • ______ pain that resides and returns
  • Swelling, ecchymosis, tenderness, pain with movements that place tensile load (stretch) on sprained structure
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  • carpal

- local

23
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1st MCP Sprain:

  • Also called ________ thumb.
  • It involves ______ _________ ligament sprain.
  • MOI: _______ moment to 1st MCP.
  • local tenderness/swelling
    • ulnar collateral ligament test
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  • Gamekeeper’s
  • ulnar collateral
  • valgus moment
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TFCC INJURY

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TFCC INJURY

25
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Which TFCC injuries are more likely to heal, peripheral or central? Why?

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Peripheral, better vascular supply

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What are the common MOIs for TFCC lesions?

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  • FOOSH

- Repetitive pronation/supination with loading

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What are the symptoms of TFCC lesions?

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  • medial wrist pain

- clicking/popping with wrist motions

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How will a patient with a TFCC lesion present during a physical examination?

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  • tenderness in area of TFCC
  • swelling with more acute trauma
  • AROM/PROM painful/limited ulnar deviation
  • pain/tenderness with mobility testing of radiocarpal joint with ulnar deviation bias
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INTERCAPRAL INSTABILITY

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INTERCARPAL INSTABILITY

30
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Intercarpal instability involves the disruption of ___________ and/or __________ ligaments and independent movement of __________.

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  • interosseous and/or mid-carpal ligaments

- carpals

31
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Intercarpal instability can be divided into ________ or _______ Intercalated Segment Instability.

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  • Dorsal Intercalated Segment Instability (DISI)

- Volar Intercalated Segment Instability (VISI)

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Dorsal Intercalated Segment Instability (DISI):

  • ________ extension/ ulnar deviation
  • Pain/ weakness with _______
  • Tenderness over _________/_________
  • ________ with joint mobility testing
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  • FOOSH
  • grasping
  • scaphoid/lunate
  • laxity
33
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How does Volar Intercalated Segment Instability (VISI) present compared to DISI?

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Very similar to DISI

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VISI:

  • ___________ dissociation
  • _______ tilt of distal lunate
  • lunate remains connected to scaphoid, but not ______

DISI:

  • ___________ dissociation
  • ________ tilt of lunate
  • lunate remains connected to triquetrium, but not _______
  • lunate no longer follows scaphoid into _________
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  • lunotriquetrium
  • volar
  • triquetrium
  • scapholunate
  • dorsal
  • scaphoid
  • flexion
35
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WRIST AND HAND TENDINOPATHIES

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WRIST AND HAND TENDINOPATHIES

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Tendinopathies of the wrist are typically _________ onset with a ___________ MOI.

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  • insidious

- microtrauma

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How will a patient with tendinopathy present during a physical examination?

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  • tender locally
  • painful with tensile loading: PROM/AROM and resistive testing
  • possibly palpable thickening of tenosynovium
  • crepitus with tendon moving through tendon sheath
38
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  • What is a Trigger Finger?

- Where is it most common?

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  • Enlargement of tendon/pulley affecting tendon as it pistons through A1 pulley.
  • Occurs typically at the MC head, most commonly the 3rd digit.
39
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What are the risk factors for Trigger Finger?

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  • DM
  • young children
  • menopausal women
  • RA
40
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What are the symptoms of Trigger Finger?

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  • painful snapping at MCP area during flexion/extension motions of fingers
  • limited/painful finger motion
  • crepitus with motion (palpable vs. auditory)
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What is De Quervain’s Tenosynovities (DQT)?

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Disorder involving the tendons of the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) tendons. Thickening of the soft tissue structures surrounding theses tendons resulting in impaired tendon gliding.

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  • Does De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis (DQT) have an active inflammatory process?
  • What is the prevalence in men and women?
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  • No

- Men = 0.5-0.7%, Women = 1.3-2.1%

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What are the risk factors for DQT?

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  • female
  • work-related injury
  • computer users who use a mouse or trackball
  • text messaging
  • repetitive fine-motor task (typing)
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How will a patient with DQT present during a physical examination?

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  • local tenderness
  • painful ROM that places tensile load on APL and EPB
    • Finkelstein’s Test
  • painful resistance testing APL and EPB
45
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  • What is a Ganglia (Bible Cyst)?

- Where is it most common?

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  • Thin walled cyst over joint capsule/tendon sheath filled with mucoid hyaluronic acid.
  • Common in anterior/posterior wrist and fingers.
46
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A Ganglia can have possible compression on what nerves?

A

median and ulnar

47
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How will a patient with Ganglia present?

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  • may or may not be painful

- ache with flexion/extension of joint

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