Flexor tendon and synovial gliding during simultaneous and single digit flexion in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-298

  Ettema, Anke M ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   O'Byrne, Megan M ^a   Amadio, Peter C ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Fibrosis; Flexor tendon; Subsynovial connective tissue; Tendon motion

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FLEXOR TENDON; SUBSYNOVIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE;

TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER JOINT; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JOINT BIOPSY; LIMB MOVEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS;

EID: 38149070127     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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