Basal joint examination

Basal Joint Survey

Synovitis                                                                                       Y N
Shoulder deformity    
Pain with active pinch    
MCP Hyperextension    
FPL tendinitis    
FCR tendinitis    
Maximum thumb-index tip-to-tip span:
Maximum first web intermetacarpal angle:
Radial artery:
Superficial radial nerve:
ST joint:

Test painful?

Y N
MC base ulnar translation stress    
Resisted pinch    
Grind    
Finkelstein    
Pseudofinkelstein    
Intersection    
Watson    

Radiographs:

Joint space widening
I  
Subluxation = or less than 1/3 I  
Capsular calcification less than 2mm II  
Subluxation over 1/3 II  
Capsular calcification over 2 mm III  
Joint space narrowing III  
Cysts; Sclerosis; Lipping; Osteophytes IV  
Scaphotrapezial joint:
Scaphotrapezoidal joint:
Index CMC joint: