Wrist and Hand Injuries

Test sensitivity helps to identify...

• The proportion of people WITHOUT the condition of interest who have a POSITIVE test

• The proportion of people WITH the condition of interest who have a POSITIVE test

• The proportion of people WITHOUT the condition of interest who have a NEGATIVE test

• The proportion of people WITH the condition of interest who have a NEGATIVE test

Test specificity helps to identify...

• The proportion of people WITH the condition who test NEGATIVE

• The proportion of people WITHOUT the condition who test POSITIVE

• The proportion of people WITH the condition who test POSITIVE

• The proportion of people WITHOUT the condition who test NEGATIVE

A Smith's fracture commonly occurs after a fall onto a flexed wrist

• Ture

• False

Scaphoid fractures are accountable for roughly what % of carpal fractures?

• 30-40%

• 40-50%

• 50-60%

• 60-70%

Scaphoid avascular necrosis is known as ____________ disease

An observable sign of of an radial neuropathy is

• Wrist drop

• Bishop's hand

• Ape hand

A positive Watson's sign is an indication of what injury?

• Hook of hamate fracture

• Scapholunate ligament injury

• TFCC tear

• Lunate dislocation

Extensor carpi radialis brevis orginates at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserts into...

• Base of the 2nd metacarpal

• Posterior surface capitate

• Base of 3rd metacarpal

• Superior part of the posterior surface of lunate

Stage one of the kaltenborn test for the carpals requires the therapist to...

• Fix capitate and move hamate, scaphoid and triquetrum

• Fix capitate and move trapezoid, scaphoid and lunate

• Fix capitate and move trapezium, scaphoid and lunate

• Fix capitate and move triquetrum, lunate and hamate

Finkelstein's test for DeQuervain's syndrome looks to identify tenosynovitis of the:

• Adductor pollicis longus

  Extensor pollicis brevis

• Adductor pollicis brevis

  Extensor pollicis longus

• Abductor pollicis brevis

  Extensor pollicis brevis

• Abductor pollicis longus

  Extensor pollicis brevis