New Page 1

Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

Examination Links:

```
Alphabetical Listing
of Examinations
```

Head

Cervical Spine

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Shoulder

Elbow & Radioulnar

Wrist

Hand & Fingers

Sacroiliac Joint

```
Ipsilateral Prone Kinetic Test
```
```
FABER Test
```

Passive Extension & Internal 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

Passive Flexion & External 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

```
Passive External Rotation 
of Hip
```
```
Pelvic Rocking Test
```
```
Gapping Test
```
```
Prone Gapping (Hibb's) Test
```
```
Approximation Test
```
```
Squish Test
```
```
Sacroiliac Rocking Test
```
```
Sacral Apex Pressure Test
```
```
Torsion Stress Test
```
```
Femoral Shear Test
```

Superoinferior Symphysis
Pubic Stress Test

```
Piedallu's Sign
```
```
Flamingo Maneuver or Test
```
```
Gaenslen's Sign
```
```
Mazion's Pelvic Maneuver
```
```
Yeoman's Test
```
```
Sit-up Test
```

Hip & Thigh

Knee

Lower Leg

Ankle

```
Foot
```
- ```
Morton Test
```
- ```
 
```
```
Range of Motion
```
```
Goniometry
```
```
Manual Muscle Testing
```
```
Reflexes
```
```
Vital Signs
```
```
Body Composition
```

Tinel Sign (Wrist)

Examination type

Neurological

Patient & Body Segment Positioning

The patient sits with involved arm supported on a flat surface and with hand supinated to expose the ventral/volar surface of the wrist

Examiner Position

The examiner sits or stands in front of the patient

Performing the Test

The examiner taps the volar aspect of the subject’s wrist over the area of the carpal tunnel

Tissues Being Tested

Median nerve

Positive Test

Complaints of tingling, parasthesia, or pain by the subject in the area of the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and/or radial one-half of the ring finger indicates a positive test.

Interpretation

A positive test may be indicative of a compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, or carpal tunnel syndrome

Common errors in performing exam

Missing the carpal tunnel/median nerve when tapping on the wrist

Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation

Missing the median nerve when tapping can produce a false negative test.

Related tests

Phalen’s test, Reverse Phalen’s test, Two-point discrimination test, Carpal compression test

References

Crouch, Tammy. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Repetitive Stress Injuries. Berkeley: Frog, 1995.

Seiler, John Gray. "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Update on Diagnostic Testing and Treatment Options." Consultant 37 no. 5 (May 1997): 1233+.

Magee, David J. (2002). Orthopedic Physical Assessment. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Links:

American Academy of Family Physicians

MOUSE OVER PICTURE TO VIEW MOVIE