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Surgery General a443d5e5

Froments test is used in ?

A
Ulnar nerve injury
B
Median nerve injury
C
Radial nerve injury
D
Axillary nerve injury
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Ulnar nerve injury Froment's sign: the patient is asked to grip a card firmly between thumbs and index fingers; normally this is done using the thumb adductors while the interphalangeal joint is held extended. In pateints with ulnar nerve injury or palsy because the adductor pollicis is weak, the patient grips the card only by acutely flexing the interphalangeal joint of the thumb using flexor pollicis longus which is supplied by the median nerve.

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