The operative technique used a portion of the abductor pollicis longus as a sling, with specific modifications similar to those described by Sigfusson and Lundborg. [17] This is shown ...

Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De Quervain tenosynovitis was named after Swiss surgeon Fritz de Quervain.

Your forearm anatomy includes 20 muscles, ranging from the extensor carpi radialis longus to the abductor pollicis longus. One of the largest is the brachioradialis, which helps to bend your elbow.

Stenosing tendovaginitis is due to a thickening of the fibrous sheath that covers the tendons and the synovial sheaths of the abductor pollicis longus and the extensor pollicis brevis as they pass ...

Two of these tendons, the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) and the abductor pollicis longus (APL), help spread and extend the thumb away from the rest of the hand. They are necessary for a powerful ...

the extensor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis, which extend the thumb, and the abductor pollicis longus, which abducts the thumb, the perpendicular movement of the thumb away from the ...

In cases where the palmaris longus is absent, the surgeon may use one of several other tendons, including the extensor pollicis brevis tendon, the plantaris in the foot, a toe extensor, a small ...

The research team found the hidden finger while studying a forearm muscle called the abductor pollicis longus in the tiny primate. As they followed the muscle from its forearm to its hand ...