Execution:
- The examiner palpates the soft spot between the ulnar styloid, the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, the volar surface of the ulnar head and the pisiform
Positive Outcome: Reproducible pain at this spot, as compared with the contralateral side
| Study | Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Schmauss et al. (2016) |
NA |
73 | 44 | 0.53 |
0.66 |
| Comment: Due to the poor specificity of this test, the diagnostic value of this test is rather weak. Interestingly, MRI imaging did not perform better and reached a comparably high level of sensitivity and poor specificity in this study | |||||
