Phalen's
Posted By: pdo on 2009-01-09
In Reply to: Phelan's or Phalan's? - pdo
Subject: Phalen's
I meant to say I normally type Phalen's sign, not Phalan's. Now I am all confused and I am thinking it might be Phelan's. Can anyone help me figure this out?
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syndrome and involves the wrist. It is a pressure test, but the doctor would hold the distal or proximal phalanx in the performance of that test while compressing the wrist and waiting for numbness to occur. I would like to hear the rest of your sentence before saying for sure what you are hearing is Phalen's.
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