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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... 4 tests for the ... Resisted shoulder extension ... after cross-arm test ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Midcarpal Instability (MCI) of the Wrist

Intrinsic Midcarpal Instability
Usually affects young, hypermobile patients.
It is due to progressive
Instability (MCI) of the Wrist ... deviation of the wrist ... extensors (ECU, ... #Instability #Wrist ... #orthopedics #clinical
Maudsley's Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

With the wrist prone, the patient attempts extension of the
Maudsley's Test ... ") With the wrist ... patient attempts extension ... movement stresses the extensor ... Tennis #Elbow #clinical
Maudsley's Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

With the wrist prone, resist extension of the 3rd digit,
Maudsley's Test ... ") With the wrist ... prone, resist extension ... movement stresses the extensor ... Tennis #Elbow #clinical
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
nerve of elbow, wrist ... and digital extension ... space and the wrist ... When clinically ... extension) but
The Shuck Test for Scapholunate Instability

The Shuck test assesses for scapholunate instability. 
With the wrist flexed,
With the wrist flexed ... resists finger extension ... dorsum of the wrist ... Instability #Hand #Wrist ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Nerve Tension Test ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger extension ... rotation → elbow extension ... #ULNT1 #ULTT1 #clinical
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Nerve Tension Test ... Neuropathy Elbow extension ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger extension ... #ULNT2 #ULTT2 #clinical
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
Clarke's Test (Patellar ... Grind Test) ... Patient with knee in extension ... _ #Clarkes #Test ... Patellar #Grind #clinical
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
Eichhoff's Test ... ulnar deviates the wrist ... pollicis longus and extensor ... Tenosynovitis #clinical ... #rheumatology #wrist