Elbow-Wrist-Hand Exam Skills

Wheel entries:

• AROM+OP (flexion, flexion+add, flexion+abd, extension, ext+add, ext+abd, pro, sup)
• Humeroulnar Distraction
• Humeroulnar Medial/Lateral Glide
• Humeroradial Posterior-Anterior (PA)
• Humeroradial Anterior-Posterior (AP)
• Distraction/Compression
• Maudsley’s test, Cozen’s Test, Mill’s Test
• Biceps Squeeze test, Hook Test
• Valgus stress test
• Milking Maneuver/Modified Milking Maneuver, Moving Valgus stress test14
• Posterolateral rotatory instability test (lateral pivot shift test), Posterolateral rotatory drawer test
• Chair Sign, Push up sign, Tabletop relocation test
• Varus Instability test
• Tinel’s test, Elbow flexion-compression test
• Pronator Compression test, Resisted pronation test
• Wrist and hand AROM+OP: [Proximal/distal radioulnar pronation and supination], [Radiocarpal joint flx./ext, flx/ext+rd/ud, RD, UD, RD+flx/ext, UD+flx/ext], [1st CMC: flexion, extension abduction], MCP-IP: flexion-extension}
• PRUJ: volar and dorsal glide, cephalic and caudal glide
• DRUJ: volar and dorsal glide, cephalic and caudal glide
• Radiocarpal joint: distraction, compression, Volar and Dorsal Glide, radial and ulnar glide
• 1st CMC: compression/decompression, dorsal glide, volar glide, radial and ulnar glide, UCL ligament stress
• MCP and IP: distraction, volar and dorsal glide, radial and ulnar rotation
• Finkelstein, CMC shear test, Scaphoid palpation, clamp sign
• Pianokey test/sign, DRUJ test, ulnar fovea (snuffbox sign), TFCC load test, ice cream scoop test
• Phalen test, tinel sign, carpal compression test
• Elbow flexion test, pressure provocation test, froment sign, hamate palpation