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Phalen's ManeuverAka: Phalen's Test
- Indication
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome evaluation
- Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 70 to 80%
- Test Specificity: 80%
- Technique
- One minute acute wrist flexion against resistance
- Inverse praying position
- Place each hand dorsum against each other
- Interpretation: Positive test suggests Median Neuropathy
- Wrist flexion reproduces carpal tunnel symptoms
- Most specific if symptoms occur by 30 seconds
