HAND THERAPY CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HAND THERAPY CERTIFICATION
EXAM




Quadrigia Phenomenon - ANSWER-flexion contracture of involved digit and decreased
flexion force in adjacent digits.

s/p Flexor digitorum profundus repair.

Boundaries of Guyon's canal - ANSWER-Ulnar to carpal tunnel
Hook of hamate/pisiform

snuffbox base and borders - ANSWER-Scaphoid = base
APL/EPB = radial border
EPL= ulnar border

Lindburg's sign or syndrome - ANSWER--FPL and IF FDP connected
-Bend thumb, IF bends, too
-via anomalous tendon, musculotendinous slip, adherence of tynosynovium
-Syndrome if pain in radiapalmer distal FA or thumb
-leads to CTS

Lindburgs syndrome can lead to: - ANSWER-CTS
FPL tenosynovitis and Flexor digitorum of IF
Pain increased with dip blocked and thumb flexed

PIPJ flexion contractures primary via - ANSWER-Check rein ligaments

Hunching muscles (protraction) - ANSWER-Serratus anterior, Pec major & minor

10 structures of carpal tunnel - ANSWER-median nerve
4 flexor digitorum profundus tendons
4 flexor digitorum superficialis tendons
flexor pollicus longus tendon

carpal tunnel lies deep to the: - ANSWER-Palmaris Longus