Eichhoff's Test for De Quervain's Exlained! #wristpain #meded #atc #physiotherapy #orthopedic

Filkenstein

Finkelstein vs Eichoff . These two provocative tests are a very similar maneuver and often get confused with one another. They are both used to test for De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, where pain is located at the dorsal radial wrist in the areas of the first dorsal compartment and radial styloid. . Finkelstein’s test: examiner passively flexes thumb with fingers grasping around thumb and then ulnar deviates wrist. Eichhoff’s test: the fingers are actively flexed around the thumb in the palm and th