Wrist & Hand Assessment

Question 1

What muscles must be known around the wrist & hand?

Answer 1

• Palmaris longus
• Opponens pollicis
• Opponens digiti minimi
• Palmar interossei
• Dorsal interossei
• Interossei
• Lumbricals
• Pronator teres
• Pronator quadratus
• Supinator

Flexor:
- Carpi ulnaris
- Carpi radialis
- Digitorum superficialis
- Digitorum profunds
- Digiti minimi
- Retinaculum
- Pollicis longus
- Pollicis brevis

Extensor:
- Carpi radialis longus
- Carpi radialis brevis
- Carpi ulnaris
- Carpi longus
- Digitorum
- Digiti minimi
- Indicis
- Retinaculum
- Pollicis longus
- Pollicis brevis

Abductor:
- Pollicis longus
- Pollicis brevis
- Digiti minimi

Adductor:
- Pollicis

Question 2

What are the bony landmarks of the wrist & hand?

Answer 2

• Ulnar styloid process
• Radial styloid process
• Dorsal tubercle of radius (also known as Lister’s tubercle)
• Surface marking of the radio-carpal joint
• Scaphoid
• Trapezium
• Trapezoid
• Capitate
• Lunate
• Triquetral
• Pisiform
• Hamate
• 1st CMCJ