- Hyperextension injury most common
- Common injury in athletes
- Longterm stiffness
- Phalanx Fracture
- Tendon Injury
- Ligament stability
- Motor function
- Sensation
- Distal circulation (Capillary Refill)
- Active joint range of motion
- Flexion
- Extension
- Finger alignment
- Extension
- Flexion
- Finger tips should not overlap
- Finger tips should all point towards thenar eminence
- Grossly deformed digit
- Swelling
- Erythema
- Decreased range of motion
- Tenderness to palpation
- Three View Finger XRay before and after reduction
- Exclude avulsion Fracture
- Reduction may be attempted on sideline without XRay
- See Dorsal PIP Dislocation (most common, hyperextension injury)
- See Lateral PIP Dislocation
- See Volar PIP Dislocation
- See DIP Dislocation
- See IP Joint Dislocation at Thumb
- See Metacarpal-Phalangeal Dislocation