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Flick Test
Aka: Flick Test- Indications
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Evaluation
- Technique
- Examiner asks what patient does at worst hand symptoms
- Interpretation: Positive test suggests Median Neuropathy
- Patient moves hand like shaking down a Thermometer
- Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 93%
- Test Specificity: 96%
- References
- D'Arcy (2000) JAMA 283(23): 3110-7