Diagnosis	Physical and radiographic findings
Arthritis of the carpometacarpal or radiocarpal joint	Local tenderness, abnormal radiographs
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis	Lateral wrist pain, tenderness over radial styloid, positive Finkelstein’s test
Distal radius fracture	Local tenderness and deformity, abnormal plain radiographs
Extensor carpi radialis strain	Local tenderness, swelling, and pain elicited with wrist flexion
First metacarpal fracture	Local tenderness and deformity, abnormal plain radiographs
Flexor carpi radialis strain	Local tenderness, swelling, and pain elicited with wrist extension
Injuries to radioulnar joint	Local tenderness
Scapholunate dissociation	Tenderness over scapholunate ligament, increased gap between scaphoid and lunate on plain films
Scaphoid fracture	Anatomic snuffbox tenderness, pain with scaphoid compression test, tenderness of scaphoid tubercle