Gamekeeper’s Thumb test (Skier’s Thumb test)

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

“The patient is positioned in sitting. The clinician stabilizes the patient’s hand with one hand and takes the patient’s thumb into extension with the other hand. While maintaining the thumb into extension, the clinician applies a valgus stress to the MCP joint of the thumb to stress the UCL (Fig. 18-60). A positive test is present if the valgus movement is greater than 30–35 degrees, indicating a complete tear of the UCL and the accessory collateral ligaments.”¹

References

Dutton M. Dutton’s Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation, and Intervention. 5th ed. McGraw Hill Education; 2020.

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Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Gamekeeper’s Thumb test (Skier’s Thumb test). https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Examination/Tests and Measures/Upper Extremity Tests/Wrist and Hand/gamekeepers_thumb_test_skiers_thumb_test.html