II. Definition
- Passive Stretching of extensor thumb tendons
III. Indication
- De Quervain's Tenosynovitis assessment
IV. Technique: Finkelstein's Test (preferred, higher Test Specificity)
- Examiner braces wrist in ulnar deviation
- Examiner passively flexes thumb across palm
V. Technique: Eichhoff's Test
- Patient tucks thumb into palm within a closed fist
- Patient ulnar deviates the wrist
VI. Interpretation
- Dorsal thumb pain suggests De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
- Finkelstein's Test is preferred
- Eichhoff's Test is more likely to give a False Positive result
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| Concepts | Finding (T033) |
| SnomedCT | 4051006 |
| English | Finkelstein's test, finkelsteins test, finkelstein test, finkelstein's test, Finkelsteins test, Finkelsteins test response (observable entity), Finkelsteins test response |
| Spanish | prueba de Finkelstein (entidad observable), prueba de Finkelstein, respuesta a la prueba de Finkelstein (entidad observable), respuesta a la prueba de Finkelstein |
