If tendon retraction is significant, one option is lengthening the flexor pollicis longus (FPL), performed at the musculotendonous junction so that the lengthening site is proximal to the carpal ...

Hypothesis B: Ergonomically redesigned pill jars, requiring lower torque, grip, and compression forces, are associated with ...

Oblique fibers of fascia arise from the tendon attachment and are inserted into the extensor pollicis longus. The functions of the lateral portion of the flexor pollicis brevis seem to be ...

Arm muscle anatomy refers to the location and ... The thumb has its own set of muscles that includes the flexor pollicis longus, which bends the thumb, the extensor pollicis longus and extensor ...

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.

The flexor digitorum superficialis is the only muscle in the intermediate layer ... and pinkie fingers. Theflexor pollicis longus allows you to bend your thumb. The pronator quadratus is a ...

These tendons are enveloped by synovial sheaths as they traverse ... which the sheath is continuous and extends to the terminal phalanx and the thumb (flexor pollicis longus), where the sheath is ...