These include trigger thumb, which develops when the flexor pollicis longus tendon in the thumb gets inflamed, and trauma or injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in your thumb, called skier’s ...

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 ...

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 tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis.

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 ...