Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures? Arch Emerg Med. 1989;6:46–50. CentralFreeland P. Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures? Arch Emerg Med. 1989;6:46-50Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures?. ...
Physical ● Common findings include swelling and tenderness, especially over the anatomic snuffbox of the wrist and the volar scaphoid tubercle ● Maneuvers aiding in diagnosis ⚬ Pain at anatomic snuffbox with pronation of wrist followed by ulnar deviation: 100% negative predictive value, 52% pos...
Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of sca- phoid fractures? Arch Emerg Med 1989;6:46-50.Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid fractures?. Freeland P. Archives of emergency medicine . 1989Freeland P. Scaphoid tubercle tenderness: a better indicator of scaphoid ...
Results Higher order analysis indicated that the scaphoid compression test, anatomical snuffbox tenderness and scaphoid tubercle tenderness demonstrated statistically significant ability to identify scaphoid fractures with PPLR of 2.37 (1.27–4.41), 1.52 (1.12–2.06) and 1.67 (1.33–2.09) respectively. ...
The classical sign of tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox is not specific and leads to many unnecessary out-patient reviews. A prospective comparison was made between anatomical snuffbox, scaphoid tubercle and scaphoid compression tenderness as indicators of scaphoid fracture in 221 patients with ...