Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm up resting on the examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a longitudinal planes over the palm. Do not use any pressure – especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode. Use dynamic scanning to check the movement of the tendons during flexion / extension or against resistance to check the pulleys.
Note: Patient with a big Ganglion cyst of the palm, symptomatic after cracking nuts with his fingers.