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Ipsilateral Prone Kinetic Test
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FABER Test
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Passive Extension & Internal 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

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Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

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Passive External Rotation 
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Pelvic Rocking Test
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Gapping Test
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Prone Gapping (Hibb's) Test
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Approximation Test
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Squish Test
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Sacroiliac Rocking Test
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Sacral Apex Pressure Test
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Torsion Stress Test
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Femoral Shear Test
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Superoinferior Symphysis
Pubic Stress Test

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Piedallu's Sign
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Flamingo Maneuver or Test
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Gaenslen's Sign
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Mazion's Pelvic Maneuver
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Yeoman's Test
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Sit-up Test
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Hip & Thigh

Knee

Lower Leg

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Foot
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Morton Test
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Range of Motion
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Goniometry
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Manual Muscle Testing
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Reflexes
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Vital Signs
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Body Composition
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Finkelstein's Test

Examination type

Passive Range of Motion

Patient & Body Segment Positioning

Patient sits or stands and forms a fist with the fingers around the thumb of the same hand

Examiner Position

Examiner stands with the one hand grasping the subject’s forearm to stabilize it and the other hand grasping the subject’s fist.

Performing the Test

The examiner stabilizes the forearm with the one hand and ulnarly deviates the subject’s wrist to 30 degrees with the other hand

Tissues Being Tested

Abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons

Positive Test

Patient will feel pain over the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons at the wrist

Interpretation

Indicative of paratenonitis, De Quervain’s disease, and Hoffman’s disease

Common errors in performing exam

Deviating the wrist in the wrong direction; Patient applying force to the test when it should be performed passively

Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis must be differentiated from degenerative arthritis and trapeziometacarpal joint by doing the Grind Test. Finkelstiein’s Test can also cause some discomfort in normal individuals. Therefore the examiner should compare the pain caused on the affected side with that of the unaffected side.

Related tests

Hitchhiker’s Test, Grind Test

References

Konin. Special Test for Orthopedic Examination. 2^nd Ed. 2002. pp.103.

Magee. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 4^th Ed. 2002. pp.396.

Links:

http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/finkelsteins_test_and_the_grind_test

http://www.fpnotebook.com/ORT76.htm

http://www.eorthopod.com/area/10

http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/08/13/26.html

http://www.davidlnelson.md/DeQuervain.htm

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