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    Clinical tests for scaphoid fractures

    Report By: Michael Callaghan, Research Physiotherapist

    Search checked by: Janet Fowler, Consultant Physiotherapist

    Institution: Department of Physiotherapy, Manchester Royal infirmary, UK

    Three part question

    In (adults with suspected scaphoid fracture) which (is the best clinical test) to (diagnose this injury).

    Clinical scenario

    A 41-year-old female presents to the department hours after a FOOSH. She has pain on the radial side of the wrist and over the ASB. You wonder if she has had a fracture of the scaphoid and want to know the best clinical test to help the diagnosis.

    Search strategy

    MEDLINE 1966–2/11, CINAHL 1982 2/11, AMED 1985–2/11, SPORTDiscus 1830–2/11, EMBASE 1996–2/11, via the OVID interface. The Cochrane database, …

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    Footnotes

    • Linked articles 113936, 113944, 113928.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2011; 28 335-336 Published Online First: 24 Mar 2011. doi: 10.1136/emj.2011.113936
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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2011; 28 336-336 Published Online First: 24 Mar 2011. doi: 10.1136/emj.2011.113944
    • Best evidence topic reports
      BET 2
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2011; 28 334-335 Published Online First: 24 Mar 2011. doi: 10.1136/emj.2011.113928