Origin/Background
Finkelstein's test was described by Harry Finkelstein (1865-1939), an American surgeon, in 1930. A similar test was previously described by Eichoff, in which the thumb is placed in the palm of the hand and held with the fingers, and the hand is then ulnar deviated (see second image), causing intense pain over the radial styloid which disappears if the thumb is released. This test produces more false positive results than the test described by Finkelstein.
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