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WRIST SIGN [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A sign of compression of the median nerve at the wrist, characterized by numbness and tingling over the distribution of the median nerve when the patient's wrist is held in acute flexion for 60 seconds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Dans le syndrome du canal carpien, signe provoqué par la flexion forcée du poignet se traduisant par des paresthésies dans le territoire du médian.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

Tinel' s sign : Tinel' s test is performed by tapping the median along its course in the wrist. A positive test is found when it causes worsening of the tingling in the fingers when the nerve is tapped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Test de la percussion du nerf médian.

CONT

Votre docteur en chiropratique peut également faire d'autres tests orthopédiques spécifiques pour tenter de reproduire les symptômes du syndrome du canal carpien. L'un de ces tests s'appelle le signe de Tinel et consiste à taper légèrement du doigt sur la face dorsale de votre poignet pour voir s'il y a fourmillements ou douleurs dans la main.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Sign of traumatic wrist injuries(fracture of the naviculum, the radial styloid process, or the first metacarpal) with obliteration or displacement of the navicular fat stripe, i. e. the radiolucent stripe parallel to the lateral surface of the navicular bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Signe d'un traumatisme du poignet (fracture du scaphoïde, de l'apophyse styloïde du radius, ou du premier métacarpien) caractérisé par la disparition ou le déplacement de la ligne graisseuse radiotransparente, parallèle à la face externe du scaphoïde.

Spanish

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