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Wrist Classification/Diagnoses Flashcards

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Symptom Location

A
  • compression median N at carpal tunnel
  • pain, N/T palmar surface of hand
  • pain/paresthesia in median nerve distribution
  • can be intermittent
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Tendonitis

Symptom Location

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  • inflam or tender at tendon or tendon-muscle attachment site
  • common in abd pollicis longus, ext pollicis brevis
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Dequervain Disease

Symptom Location

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  • progressive tendon sheath inflammation of the abd pollicis longis and ext pollicis brevis
  • dull ache over radial aspect of wrist
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Boutonnier Deformity

Symptom Location

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-MCP extension, PIP flexion, DIP extension

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Mallet Finger

Symptom Location

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-pain at DIP

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Ligament Injury

Symptom Location

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UCL Sprain of thumb: pain at ulnar side of thumb in web space

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TFCC Injury

Symptom Location

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  • (triangular fibrocartilage complex)

- medial wrist pain, distal to ulna

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OA

Symptom Location

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  • common at 1st CMC joint of thumb

- pain with thumb use

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RA

Symptom Location

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-inflammation, joint pain, deformities of fingers

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Raynaud’s Phenomenon

Symptom Location

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-diffuse, dull pain in hands and fingers

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Nerve Lesions

Symptom Location

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  • Radial nerve entrapment at wrist: loss wrist and finger extension (drop wrist)
  • Wartenberg Syndrome: N/T and pain on radial nerve distribution at hand/wrist
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Carpal Tunnel syndrome

Agg Factors

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  • grip

- decreased corrdination

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Dequervain’s

Agg Factors

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  • thumb movements

- especially in extension, abduction and radial deviation

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Boutonnier

Agg Factors

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-unable to extend PIP

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Mallet

Agg Factors

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-unable to extend DIP

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Ligament Injury

Agg Factors

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-UCL: decreased ability to move thumb or grasp objects

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TFCC

Agg Factors

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  • turning key/door knob
  • pronation/supination
  • gripping
  • ulnar deviation
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OA/RA

Agg Factors

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-writing, typing, using scissors, grasping

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Raynaud’s

Agg Factors

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-using hands in cold climate

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Nerve Lesions

Agg Factors

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  • RNE: can’t grasp/ext wrist

- Wartenberg: sensory symptoms only

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Ease Factors

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  • splinting

- NSAIDs

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Tendon Injury/Tenosynovitis

Ease Factors

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  • NSAIDs
  • Splinting
  • Activity Modification
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TFCC

Ease Factors

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  • Avoid pronation/supination

- splint

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OA/RA

Ease Factors

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  • NSAIDs

- paraffin wax modalities

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Raynaud’s

Ease Factors

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  • Wear gloves

- avoid cold

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Nerve Lesions

Ease Factors

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  • NSAIDs

- Splint

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

History

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  • repetitive trauma/overuse of wrist with wrist flex/ext

- night pain

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Tendonitis

History

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-over use of thumb/wrist (grip)

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Dequervain

History

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  • progressive inflammation of tendon sheaths of post wrist muscles
  • history of DM or hypothyroid
  • creak in wrist
30
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Boutonnier

History

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-closed trauma to extensor tendon

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Mallet

History

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  • jammed finger

- unable to straighten DIP

32
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Ligament Injury

History

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UCL Sprain: common injury in athletics (game keeper’s thumb); can be acute when there is direct blow to thumb into hyperextension and abd at MCP
-repeated trauma of valgus forces to thumb

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TFCC

History

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  • hear pop at wrist
  • overuse injury due to chronic rotational loading
  • FOOSH on supinated hand
  • painful click with wrist motion
34
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OA

History

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  • more common in women

- 45 years or older

35
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RA

History

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  • Systemic inflammatory disease that damages soft tissue and articular surfaces of joint
  • women>men
  • hands common
  • ulnar drift
  • swan neck/boutonnier deformity
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Raynaud’s

History

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  • women>men
  • cold makes pain worse
  • blanching of fingers followed by redness
  • complain of being cold all the time

-caused by vasospasm of distal vessels in hand/feet leading to decreased blood supply to fingers

37
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Nerve Lesions

History

A
  • RNE:overuse in wrist extension

- Wartenburg: compression of superficial radial N (sensory changes in the wrist/hand)

38
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Neurological Exam

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-palm, thumb, 2nd and 1/2 of 3rd fingers

39
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Nerve Lesions

Neurological Exm

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-RNE: paresthesias, numbness on radial aspect of hand/wrist

40
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

ROM

A

-wrist flexion, extension

41
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Dequervain’s

ROM

A

-loss CMC abd

42
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Boutonniere

ROM

A

-more than 30* extension lag at PIP

43
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Mallet

ROM

A

-loss active extension at DIP

44
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OA

ROM

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  • Abd, ext of 1st CMC
  • restricted ROM in capsular pattern
  • joint crepitus
45
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RA

ROM

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  • finger flexion/extension
  • wrist flex/ext
  • radial/ulnar deviation
46
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Nerve Lesions

ROM

A

-RNE: inability to extend wrist or fingers

47
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Special Tests

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  • Phalens

- Tinel’s

48
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Dequervain’s

Special Tests

A

-Finklestein’s

49
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Ligament Injury

Special Tests

A

-UCL: Valgus stress at MCP

50
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TFCC

Special Tests

51
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Raynaud’s

Special Tests

A

-Allen’s test

52
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Palpation

A

-compression over flexor retinaculum reproduces symptoms

53
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Dequervain’s

Palpation

A

-swelling/tenderness of radio-styloid region

54
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Mallet

Palpation

55
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Ligament Injury

Palpation

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-UDL: ulnar side of thumb, near web space, pain

56
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TFCC

Palpation

A

-at styloid process of ulna, pain

57
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OA

Palpation

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-1st CMC: compression + rotation through joint

58
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Raynaud’s

Palpation

A

-cold, blanching with compression of fingers/hand

59
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Nerve Lesions

Palpation

A

-pain at radial hand/wrist

60
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Carpal Tunnel

Mm Length/Strength

A

-stiff or short finger flexors

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OA/RA

Mm Length/Strength

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-short add pollicis and or FPB

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