-- PURPOSE --
Assess for wrist instability
-- PATIENT POSITION --
Sitting with forearm and hand placed on the table
-- TECHNIQUE --
► Place one thumb over the dorsum aspect of the patient's lunate
► Place the thumb of the other hand on the adjacent triquetrum
► Stabilize the lunate while performing a dorsal and palmar glide of the triquetrum
-- POSITIVE TEST --
Increase in laxity compared to the contralateral side and/or reproduction of pain
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* REFERENCES *
Physiotutors. Lunotriquetral Ballottement Test / Shuck Test | Wrist Ligament Instability. [ Ссылка ]. [Accessed July 19th, 2021]
Ballottement test (shuck test): Lunotriquetral instability. Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics. [ Ссылка ]. Published July 22, 2020. Accessed July 19, 2021.
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* This is not medical advice *
This content is intended as educational material for healthcare professionals and healthcare students. Patients should seek medical advice from a healthcare professional.
