Which test is not listed as Boxer's fracture test?

Which test is not listed as Boxer's fracture test?

• A. Squeeze Test
• B. Bump Test
• C. Phalen's Test
• D. Tinel's Sign

Answer: (C)

Testing for a Boxer's fracture focuses on the fifth metacarpal neck and how the hand responds to direct stress on the metacarpal region. Squeezing the hand or giving a bump to the metacarpals are the kinds of maneuvers that reproduce focal bone pain or reveal fracture tenderness, which is why those tests are associated with Boxer's fractures. Phalen's Test is about carpal tunnel syndrome: it places the wrists in a position that provokes median nerve symptoms rather than evaluating bone injury in the hand. Tinel's Sign is also a nerve-focused test at the wrist. Since these nerve tests don't assess metacarpal bone integrity, Phalen's Test is not a Boxer's fracture test.

Testing for a Boxer's fracture focuses on the fifth metacarpal neck and how the hand responds to direct stress on the metacarpal region. Squeezing the hand or giving a bump to the metacarpals are the kinds of maneuvers that reproduce focal bone pain or reveal fracture tenderness, which is why those tests are associated with Boxer's fractures. Phalen's Test is about carpal tunnel syndrome: it places the wrists in a position that provokes median nerve symptoms rather than evaluating bone injury in the hand. Tinel's Sign is also a nerve-focused test at the wrist. Since these nerve tests don't assess metacarpal bone integrity, Phalen's Test is not a Boxer's fracture test.