Hand and Wrist Physical Examination
A searchable collection of Musculoskeletal (MSK), Orthopedics and Sports related physical exam video clips and infographics relating to the examination of the hand and wrist.
A bedside resource for educating physical therapists, occupational therapists, sports medicine, orthopedic trainees, general practitioners and more.

 • #Boyes - Boyes' Test for flexor digitorum superficialis injury
 • #Bunnel - Bunnel-Littler PIP Test
 • #Carpal - #Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (#CTS)
     • #Compression - Carpal Compression Test
     • #Oppositional - Oppositional Grasp Weakness
     • #Phalens - Phalen's Test
     • #Tinel - Tinel's Test
 • #Collateral - Finger Ulnar and Radial Collateral Ligament Stress Tests
 • #deQuervains - de Quervain's Tenosynovitis
     • #Eichhoff's - Eichhoff's Test
     • #Finkelstein - Finkelstein Test
     • #WHAT - Wrist Hyperflexion and Abduction of the Thumb (WHAT Test)
 • #Drop - Wrist Drop
 • #Dupuytrens - Dupuytren's Contracture
 • #ECU - Extensor carpi ulnaris tendinitis
 • #Elsons - Elson's Test for extensor digitorum injury
 • #Fovea - Ulnar Fovea Sign Test
 • #Froments - Froment's Sign in Ulnar Nerve Injury
 • #Grind - Thumb #CMC Axial Grind Test
 • #Jersey - Jersey Finger (Flexor Digitorum #Profundus Test)
 • #OK - OK Sign for interosseous nerve injury
 • #Radial - Radial Nerve Palsy
     • #Synkinetic - Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver (Radial Palsy)
 • #Scapholunate - Scapholunate Instability
     • #Shuck - Shuck Test
     • #Watsons - Watson's Test
 • #Thumb - Thumb Grind Test, Thumb Ulnar Collateral Ligament Stress Test
 • #Trigger - Trigger Finger (Stenosing Flexor Tenosynovitis)
 • #Ulnar - Ulnar Nerve Injury, Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome

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Phalen's Test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Phalen's test evaluates for carpal tunnel syndrome. 
Fully flex wrists and
Fully flex wrists ... Tunnel #Syndrome #Wrist ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Phalen's Test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Phalen's test evaluates for carpal tunnel syndrome. 
Fully flex wrists and
Fully flex wrists ... Tunnel #Syndrome #Wrist ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Radiocarpal Wrist Injection

Radiocarpal wrist injection. Often swelling is more prominent in inflammatory arthritis on radial side
Radiocarpal Wrist ... Radiocarpal wrist ... radial side of wrist ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... procedure #msk #orthopedics
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 ... #Instability #Wrist ... #msk #orthopedics ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... trauma_modern #Wrist ... #Nerve #Palsy #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #orthopedics
The Shuck Test for Scapholunate Instability

The Shuck test assesses for scapholunate instability. 
With the wrist flexed,
With the wrist flexed ... dorsum of the wrist ... Instability #Hand #Wrist ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
WHAT test - Wrist Hyperflexion and Abduction of the Thumb 

The wrist is hyperflexed and the
WHAT test - Wrist ... Thumb The wrist ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #WHAT #Wrist ... Tenosynovitis #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
radial side of the wrist ... elbow flexion, wrist ... extension and wrist ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk
Watson's Test for Scapholunate Instability

1) The examiner places a thumb over the scaphoid tubercle, applying dorsal
pressure. 2) The wrist ... #Instability #wrist ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #sports
Eichhoff's Test for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis

Eichhoff's test evaluates for De Quervain's tenosynovitis. The patient places the
around it, and the wrist ... Tenosynovitis #Wrist ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics