title: AIIMS test: a simple test to look for presence of palmaris longus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Palmaris longus has an invaluable role in reconstructive surgeries of hand and is the most common source of tendon grafts in tendon transfer surgeries. Various clinical tests are available to check for the presence of the tendon but are often difficult to use due to their complex nature. We suggest a rather simple test, which we have found very useful in our practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, we compared our proposed test with the most commonly used Standard test (Schaeffer's test) to know about its sensitivity in a cohort of randomly selected 200 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found our test to be more sensitive than the Standard test. The average time duration from instructions to elicitation of the test was also found less. No individual asked to repeat the instructions for the proposed test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our proposed test to evaluate the presence of palmaris longus tendon is very simple and easy-to-understand manoeuvre with good sensitivity. It would be extremely useful in the preoperative planning in most of the reconstructive surgeries, should the palmaris longus tendon be harvested.
authors: Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, 110029, India, morey.vivek123@gmail.com.
authors: M V
authors: MV
authors: Machhindra
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Garg
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Tiwari
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Kotwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult