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Table 1 Potential predictors considered in the full model

From: The Amsterdam wrist rules: the multicenter prospective derivation and external validation of a clinical decision rule for the use of radiography in acute wrist trauma

Sex (if male)

 

Age (continuous)

 

Swelling of wrist

 

Swelling of the anatomical snuffbox

 

Visible deformation

 

Distal radius tender to palpation

 

Distal ulna tender to palpation

 

Anatomical snuffbox tender to palpation

 

Scaphoid tubercle tender to palpation

 

Active mobility painful

 

 dorsiflexion

 

 palmar flexion

 

 supination

 

 pronation

 

 ulnar deviation

 

 radial deviation

 

Functional tests painful

 

 radioulnar ballottement testa

 

 axial compression of forearm

 

 axial compression thumb

 

 pinch grip test

 
  1. aTest is positive if pain occurs when the ulna is translated from volar to dorsal while the radius manually fixated Except for age, all predictors were ordinal and coded yes (if present) or no (of not present)