Orthopedics Book

Approach

Ankle Disorders

Cervicobrachial Disorders

Elbow Disorders

Foot Disorders

Hand Disorders

Hip Disorders

Infectious Disease

Knee Disorders

Cervical Spine Disorders

Lumbar Spine Disorders

Pelvis

Shoulder Disorders

Thoracic Spine Disorders

Wrist Disorders

//fpnotebook.com/

Finkelstein's Test

Aka: Finkelstein's Test, Finkelstein Test, Eichhoff's Test, Eichhoffs Test
  1. Definition
    1. Passive Stretching of extensor thumb tendons
  2. Indication
    1. De Quervain's Tenosynovitis assessment
  3. Technique: Finkelstein's Test (preferred, higher Test Specificity)
    1. Examiner braces wrist in ulnar deviation
    2. Examiner passively flexes thumb across palm
  4. Technique: Eichhoff's Test
    1. Patient tucks thumb into palm within a closed fist
    2. Patient ulnar deviates the wrist
  5. Interpretation
    1. Dorsal thumb pain suggests De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
    2. Finkelstein's Test is preferred
      1. Eichhoff's Test is more likely to give a false positive result

Finkelsteins test response (C0231669)

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
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


You are currently viewing the original 'fpnotebook.com\legacy' version of this website. Internet Explorer 8.0 and older will automatically be redirected to this legacy version.

If you are using a modern web browser, you may instead navigate to the newer desktop version of fpnotebook. Another, mobile version is also available which should function on both newer and older web browsers.

Please Contact Me as you run across problems with any of these versions on the website.

Navigation Tree