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Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
to the lateral extensor ... tendon Volar plate ... thumb injury to ulnar ... Fractures #XRay #Radiology ... #Wrist #differential
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
stabilizes forearm and ulnar ... deviates the wrist ... pollicis longus and extensor ... pollicis brevis tendons ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
prevent radial and ulnar ... tendons attaches ... Discharge with orthopedic ... Dislocation #IPJoint #Radiology ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Visible deformity, Tender ... Painful balottement test ... Visible deformity, Tender ... radius #fracture #radiology ... #msk #orthopedics
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Test for Fovea ... aspect of the wrist ... flexion with the wrist ... #wrist #clinical ... #physicalexam #orthopedics
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
tendon distal to ... Exam: Swollen and tender ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
distal to distal ulna ... , pain with wrist ... flexion and extension ... distal radius or ulna ... #Carpal #Radiology
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
(ECU) Synergy Test ... palpating the ECU tendon ... along the dorsal ulnar ... aspect of the wrist ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Maudsley's Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

With the wrist prone, resist extension of the 3rd digit,
") With the wrist ... prone, resist extension ... movement stresses the extensor ... digitorum muscle and tendon ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Maudsley's Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

With the wrist prone, the patient attempts extension of the
") With the wrist ... patient attempts extension ... movement stresses the extensor ... digitorum muscle and tendon ... #msk #sports #orthopedics