finger movements (segmental supply)
Last reviewed 01/2018
In the neurological examination, the following finger movements should be assessed:
- test extension - C8, T1 - the patient should hold his fingers flat and not let you push them downwards - the examiner should apply force with the side of his hands across the patient's metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints.
- test flexion - C8 - ask the patient to squeeze two of the examiner's fingers and not to let them be pulled away
- test abduction - C8, T1 - ask the patient to fan out his fingers and not to allow the examiner to push them together