Ballottement test (shuck test): Lunotriquetral instability
- Discussion:
- triquetrum is displaced dorsally and palmarly on the lunate,
demonstrating increase excursion over the normal side and often a
painful crepitus;
- compression test: displacement of the triquetrum ulnarly during
radioulnar deviation, which is also painful;
Shear test:
- for triquetrolunate strain;
- shear force applied at this joint while stabilizing lunate dorsally and
pisotriquetral plane volarly;
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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