tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post3959040860898950747..comments2023-10-07T01:34:01.774-07:00Comments on Case of the Day: Light at the EndCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17072102331564743101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post-70424017234126563532009-11-25T09:15:10.725-08:002009-11-25T09:15:10.725-08:00You're right!
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Light at the End
This is carp...You're right!<br />-<br />Light at the End<br /><br />This is carpal tunnel syndrome, median nerve entrapment. The Hoffman-Tinel test involves tapping over the compressed nerve at the wrist; the Phalen maneuver involves having the patient maintain acute wrist flexion for 30-60 seconds. The tests are positive if symptoms are reproduced.<br /><br />Sources: UpToDate, second image from Sheon, Moskowitz, Goldberg, "Soft Tissue Rheumatic Pain"; www.med.und.nodak.edu.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072102331564743101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post-77235336929702094162009-11-23T14:53:23.146-08:002009-11-23T14:53:23.146-08:00carpal tunnel. tinel's sign is when you tap o...carpal tunnel. tinel's sign is when you tap on the median nerve, eliciting tingling/numbness. phalen's sign is when you hold your hands together, reproducing the tingling, numbness, etc.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918230920210128668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4082643038671225434.post-7495411670830707222009-11-23T11:43:52.329-08:002009-11-23T11:43:52.329-08:00carpal tunnel syndrome.. phalen's test and tin...carpal tunnel syndrome.. phalen's test and tinel's sign? i hope that is.. i AM capable of putting my exceptionally large foot into my even bigger mouth...sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517529202444474417noreply@blogger.com