Wrist special tests?

Question 1

PHALANS TEST?
Purpose?
pt position and actions?
Positive?

Answer 1

1. TESTS FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, OR MEDIAN NERVE COMPRESSION.
2. PATIENT IS SITTING OR STANDING WITH THE DORSAL ASPECT OF BOTH HANDS IN FULL CONTACT SO THAT BOTH WRISTS ARE MAXIMALLY FLEXED FOR 1 MINUTE.
3. A POSITIVE TEST IS WHEN NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN THE MEDIAN NERVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FINGERS.

Question 2

FINKELSTEIN’S TEST?
Purpose?
pt positioning?
PTA actions?
Positive?

Answer 2

1. TESTING FOR POSSIBLE TENOSYNOVITIS OR POLLICIS LONGUS AND EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS TENDONS.
2. PATIENT IS STANDING OR SITTING AND FORMS A FIST AROUND THE THUMB. EXAMINER GRASPS THE PATIENT’S FOREARM WITH THE PROXIMAL HAND AND THE PT’S FIST WITH THE DISTAL HAND. STABILIZE THE FOREARM AN ULNARLY DEVIATE THE WRIST AND DISTAL HAND.
3. Positive if pain