Q6 UE: ortho +s WRIST/HANDS

Question 1

allen’s test pos

Answer 1

repurfusion time >10s

Question 2

allen’s test pos indicates

Answer 2

vascular insufficiency in artery NOT occluded

Question 3

tinel’s carpal tunnel sign AND pronator teres test pos

Answer 3

pn/paresthesia along distrib of median n

Question 4

pos tinel’s wrist sign, phalen’s test, and reverse phalen’s tests indicate

Answer 4

carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 5

pos phalen and reverse phalen’s tests

Answer 5

tingling along distribution of median nerve

Question 6

pos finkelstein’s test

Answer 6

pn over radial styloid process

Question 7

pos finkelstein’s test indicates

Answer 7

de quervain’s tenosynovitis

Question 8

pos watson’s test

Answer 8

pn, laxity or crepitus over scaphoid

Question 9

pos watson’s test indicates

Answer 9

scaphoid instability or sublux

Question 10

bunnel littler test pos

Answer 10

-increased PIP flexion in flexed MCP jt position

Question 11

2 bunnel littler test pos indications

Answer 11

• tight intrinsic musc [OA/RA]

- contracture of PIP jt capsule, if no change in deg of flexion

Question 12

froment’s paper test pos

Answer 12

able to pull paper out easily or pt flexes interphal jt of thumb

Question 13

froment’s paper test pos indicates

Answer 13

ulnar nerve palsy [weak adductor pollicis]

Question 14

pinch grip ok test pos

Answer 14

unable to connect tips of index and thumb

Question 15

pinch grip ok test pos indicates

Answer 15

anterior interosseous syndrome [weak FDP]

Question 16

pronator teres test pos indicates

Answer 16

pronator teres syndrome [median n. compression]