🧠Wartenberg’s thumb adduction sign🧠 ✔️with the patient's hand supinated, examiner interlocks fingers with patient, pulls against resistance ✔️Pathological response: Involuntary thumb flexion/adduction ✔️Indicates Corticospinal tract lesion 💡Note💡 Multiple “Wartenberg’s signs/reflexes” exist in neurology, they’re all attributed to Robert Wartenberg (a German-American neurologist who described many clinical signs): ✔️Wartenberg’s sign (little finger abduction) ✔️Wartenberg’s finger flexor refl

Wartenberg's Sign

Wartenberg Sign | OrthoFixar 2026

RK NURSE'S HUB on Instagram: "The Wartenberg test usually refers to Wartenberg's Sign, checking for ulnar nerve damage by observing if the little finger stays spread out (abducted) when asked to bring fingers together, due to weak hand muscles. Another is the Wartenberg Pendulum Test, which assesses lower limb spasticity by releasing the leg to swing freely, measuring swing time to gauge muscle tone, especially in children. Both tests help diagnose nerve issues (upper limb) or muscle spasticity

Dr Kaleem Ullah on Instagram: "Clinical Signs Every Clinician Should Recognize 👀🦴 • Popeye sign – Distal bulging of biceps indicating long head biceps tendon rupture • Square shoulder sign – Flattened deltoid contour seen in anterior shoulder dislocation • Winged scapula – Medial border prominence due to serratus anterior or long thoracic nerve palsy • Piano key sign – Springing of clavicle in AC joint separation • Sulcus sign – Inferior shoulder instability indicating capsular laxity • Fromen