Staged description of the Finkelstein test

Courtney Dawson; Chaitanya S Mudgal

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.05.022

Staged description of the Finkelstein test

J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Sep;35(9):1513-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.05.022. Epub 2010 Aug 14.

Authors

Courtney Dawson¹, Chaitanya S Mudgal

Affiliation

¹ Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Orthopaedic Hand Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

PMID: 20709467
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.05.022

Abstract

We have revisited the original description of the Finkelstein test and review the reasons for its subsequent erroneous description. We have also outlined a staged description of this test, which we have found to be reliable and minimally painful for the diagnosis of de Quervain's tendonitis within our clinical practice.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

De Quervain Disease / diagnosis*
Humans
Orthopedics / methods
Pain Measurement
Physical Examination / methods*
Range of Motion, Articular / physiology*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tenosynovitis / diagnosis
Wrist Joint / physiopathology*