From your shoulders to your fingers, your arms have many moving parts: joints, bones, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments. Mysterious arm pain that seemingly comes out of nowhere can arise if ...

Karsten Knobloch, Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hanover, Germany; kknobi{at}yahoo.com Background: Tendinopathy of the flexor carpi ...

Background A 56-year-old woman was referred to a neurogenetic clinic with a history of stiffness and transient weakness. A previous needle electromyogram had confirmed the presence of myotonia ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Huanggang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Hubei University ...

3 Department of Neurophysiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK Correspondence to: Dr M M Reilly, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, ...

Dr S M Wong, Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30–32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region China A range of options are available for the ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting the upper and lower motor neurons. A key clinical feature of ALS is the absence of accurate, early-stage ...

The triceps, or triceps brachii, is the large muscle found at the back of the upper arm. Along with the other muscles of the arms and legs, the triceps muscle is a voluntary muscle, meaning it's a ...

Embolization therapy has recently been adapteding advancements in interventional radiology and an increasing emphasis on nonsurgical treatment strategies. In particular, embolization has emerged as a ...

A recent study by Dr. Ellen Green, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, analyzed the faunal assemblage ...

What Is Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome? Ulnar tunnel syndrome is pain, tingling, or numbness in your hand, caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. It isn’t pleasant, but treatments and simple changes to ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment happens when there’s pressure on the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve travels from the shoulder to the pinky finger. It can cause symptoms like muscle weakness and numbness.