How should acute tendinitis pain on the volar medial‑ulnar wrist be described, noting that it is provoked by wrist flexion against resistance, absent at rest, and non‑radiating?

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Wrist Flexor Tendinitis Pain Description (Volar Medial–Ulnar Wrist)

Pain is described as focal, non-radiating volar medial–ulnar wrist pain that is absent at rest.

Pain is provoked by wrist flexion against resistance and is not present without provocation.