Spontaneous rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus and superficialis of the index finger and the flexor pollicis longus without labor-associated tendon loading

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 587-590

  Imai, Shinji ^a   Kubo, Mitsuhiko ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuhisa ^a   Ueba, Hiroaki ^a   Matsusue, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

flexor digitorum profundus (FDP); flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS); flexor pollicis longus (FPL); manual labor; Spontaneous tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTRACTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIFESPAN; MANUAL LABOR; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OCCUPATION; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142685999     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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