What are the special methods for examination of wrist joint?

Objective Examination

Screen Proximal Joints.
Observation.
Functional Tests.
Palpation.
Neurologic Assessment[edit | edit source]
Movement Testing.
Strength Testing.
Special Tests.

How do you examine your wrists?

Palpate the patient’s arm along the ulnar border to the elbow and note any tenderness, rheumatoid nodules or psoriatic plaques.

Assess radial nerve sensation.
Assess temperature over the MCP joints.
Perform MCP joint squeeze.
Palpate the MCP joints.
Palpate the PIP joints.
Palpate the DIP joints.
Palpate the CMC joints.

How do you assess hands?

Assess the functioning of the hand by assessing:

Power grip. Place two fingers in to the patient’s palm and ask them to squeeze as firmly as possible.
Pincer grip. Ask the patient to pinch the tip of you finger.
Fine motor function. Ask the patient to pick up a penny or do up the buttons on a shirt.

What is a hand nerve test?

A nerve conduction study is a test on the nerves in the arms and hands. It is a test that measures how quickly messages are travelling along your nerves. The speed at which the nerves are working can give information about whether a nerve is trapped or damaged.

How do you assess hand pain?

Assess radial nerve sensation by light touch over the thumb and index finger web space….With the patient’s hands palms up:

Feel for peripheral pulses (ischaemia could be causing pain).
Feel for bulk of the thenar and hypothenar eminences and for tendon thickening.

What is a wrist?

Your wrist connects your hand to your forearm. It is not one big joint; it has several small joints. This makes it flexible and allows you to move your hand in different ways. The wrist has two big forearm bones and eight small bones known as carpals. It also has tendons and ligaments, which are connective tissues.

What is the wrist girth test?

The Wrist Girth measurement is a circumference measure around the wrist a point just distal to the styloid processes. purpose: to measure the circumference of the wrist, as one of the many measurements of body size.

Whats a EMG test?

Electromyography (EMG) measures muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle. The test is used to help detect neuromuscular abnormalities. During the test, one or more small needles (also called electrodes) are inserted through the skin into the muscle.

What is examinations of the hand?

Examination of the hand is always disease-specific. In other words the site and nature of the pain or deformity will determine your approach to the examination. The broad topics in examination of the hand are: 1. Deformity conditions – Dupuytren’s disease, Congenital conditions 2.

What are the tests for osteoarthritis of the wrist?

•  Posi.ve Test •  Pain over ﬁrst dorsal wrist compartment or dorsal thumb •  Pearl • stCan also cause pain secondary to 1 CMC joint OA Carpometacarpal Compression Test

What is the 4-finger technique for Pip and dip?

PIP and DIP Effusion 4-finger technique: thumb and index of one hand on the dorsal and volar aspect, while using the thumb/index of the other hand to feel the sides of the joint Check for tenderness, fullness; try to ballot fluid between fingers

How do you assess for tenosynovi on the wrist?

•  Assesses for tenosynovi.s involving the tendons of the ﬁrst dorsal wrist compartment (APL and EPB) •  Procedure •  Wrist in neutral posi.on •  Examiner places thumb on dorsal thumb proximal phalanx and ﬁngers on palmar aspect to grasp thumb •  Wrist is ulnarly deviated •  Thumb is gradually pulled into maximal ﬂexion Finkelstein Test