Palpation
The following features of the hand should be determined by palpation:
- temperature
- condition of the skin e.g. dryness, sweating
- node and nodules e.g. in rheumatoid or osteo-arthritis
- oedema
- muscle bulk e.g. small muscles of the hand
- tenderness
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