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A resident recently pointed to my attention that the description of the Finkelstein manoeuvre most of us learned should actually be called the Eichoff’s manoeuvre. This misnomer dates back to 1958…
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It depends who you believe,
Have a read of this article.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6103758/pdf/10-1055-s-0038-1626690.pdf
It is funny in medicine how names stick even if the original inventor of the test or discoverer of the knowledge does not get the glory.
I think this is seen in all fields and is not limited to medicine.The article I have suggested compares both tests as there is a slight difference and the Finkelsteins comes out on top in this analysis.
I don’t have Dequervains but I find both tests personally uncomfortable. I am a false +ve!
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