Musculoskeletal Testing
Wrist Testing and Assessment - Radial Deviation

Wrist injuries are common. These injuries may be due in part to an imbalance between the strength of the flexor and extensor muscles of the hand and wrist. One method to reduce the likelihood of wrist injuries may be strengthening the extensor muscles.

Chatillon^® dynamometers are used by professionally certified Physicians, Therapists and Clinicians to accurately measure and document musculoskeletal strength and provide objective testing results as part of a preventative or rehabilitative wrist testing and assessment program. The subject sits with their arm bent at the elbow and the hand closed in a fist. The side of the hand is pointed downward and the thumb is situated at the top. with the thumb positioned upwardThe arm is isolated so that only the wrist can move upward. The dynamometer is placed at the top of the fist and resistance is applied as the subject moves the wrist upward (attempts to touch the thumb to the inside elbow). The dynamometer measures the resistance and provides an objective reading of the force applied.

Other Wrist Tests

• Wrist Extension
• Wrist Flexion
• Wrist Supination
• Wrist Pronation
• Ulnar Deviation

Other Physical Tests

• Musculoskeletal Testing