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Finkelstein's Test
Aka: Finkelstein's Test, Finkelstein Test, Eichhoff's Test, Eichhoffs Test
- Definition
- Passive Stretching of extensor thumb tendons
- Indication
- De Quervain's Tenosynovitis assessment
- Technique: Finkelstein's Test (preferred, higher Test Specificity)
- Examiner braces wrist in ulnar deviation
- Examiner passively flexes thumb across palm
- Technique: Eichhoff's Test
- Patient tucks thumb into palm within a closed fist
- Patient ulnar deviates the wrist
- 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