The extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) is a muscle in your forearm that works in conjunction with the other muscles and tendons in your arm to help move your wrist and hand. It is in the same ...

HOUSTON — As he’s battled thumb issues off and on since 2023, Max Scherzer’s grown very familiar with the anatomy of his pollex — or digitus primus manus if you prefer. The CMC and MCP joints; the ...

MOTOR regeneration of the median nerve after transection and repair of the median nerve at the wrist occurs in only about 5 per cent of cases. The thumb is incapable of abduction and opposition with ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Correspondence to: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, 4-1-1 Ohtsuno, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki 300-0028, Japan. Tel: +81-29-830-3711, Fax: +81-29-823-1160 ...

A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

Botulinum toxin, more popularly known as Botox, has played an increasingly larger-than-life role in American society. It is most prized for its ability to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, thus ...

Correspondence to: Dr. Panagiotis G. Tsailas, 8 M. Aggelou str, Larissa, 41221, Greece. Tel: (+30) 24-1301-0999.

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