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Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

Examination Links:

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Alphabetical Listing
of Examinations
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Head

Cervical Spine

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Shoulder

Elbow & Radioulnar

Wrist

Hand & Fingers

Sacroiliac Joint

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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

Passive Flexion & External 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

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Passive External Rotation 
of Hip
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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

Ankle

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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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Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test

Examination type

Tendon pathology/integrity

Patient & Body Segment Positioning

Patient is sitting with the involved hand palm up and supported on a table.

Examiner Position

Examiner sits in front of the patient and uses one hand to hold the uninvolved fingers in extension against the table surface while using the other hand to stabilize the involved finger just below the DIP joint.

Performing the Test

The examiner isolates the distal interphalangeal joint by holding the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints of the finger being tested in extension. The patient then tries to actively flex the finger at the distal interphalangeal joint.

Tissues Being Tested

Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon

Positive Test

Inability to flex the DIP joint of the involved finger

Interpretation

May indicate either a rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon or an avulsion of the tendon from it’s attachment to the phalanx

Common errors in performing exam

Not isolating the distal interphalangeal joint

Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation

Injury to the flexor digitorum profundus muscle or the nerve innervating the muscle may also result in the inability to flex the finger at the DIP joint.

Related tests

Sweater Finger Sign

References

Magee, David (2002) Orthopedic Physical Assessment. Philadelphia, Saunders.

Hoppenfeld, Stanley (1976) Physical Examination of the Spine & Extremities Prentice-Hall

Links:

http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/extrem.html#AA21

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