The patient presents with a flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon laceration ... transfer to achieve interphalangeal flexion of the thumb. 2 ...

The purpose of this study was firstly, to describe a simple clinical tool that can be used to measure the extensibility of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL ... joint of the thumb was measured ...

A coupler device designed to mitigate the risk of repair rupture after zone 2 flexor tendon repairs was associated with range of motion and functional outcome scores similar to sutures ...

De Quervain is common among new mothers and other caregivers who use the thumb frequently to lift. The condition is caused by irritation of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis ...

Unlike the Stener lesion, sprains of the UCL and even Gamekeeper’s thumb fractures ... the extensor pollicis brevis tendon, the plantaris in the foot, a toe extensor, a small portion abductor pollicis ...

The flexor digitorum profundus allows you to bend your ring, middle, index, and pinkie fingers. Theflexor pollicis longus allows you to bend your thumb. The pronator quadratus is a square-shaped ...

The palmar, or front-facing, surface of the trapezium holds an attachment to the flexor ... pollicis longus and opponens pollicis both insert on the trapezium, allowing for the thumb to move ...

The expanded label will now include the addition of two thumb muscles: flexor pollicis longus and adductor pollicis. The FDA has also approved an increase in the maximum cumulative dose within ...

Numerous tendons pass across the wrist to the thumb. Two of these tendons, the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) and the abductor pollicis longus (APL), help spread and extend the thumb away from the ...