Thumb Interphalangeal Joint Extension By the Extensor Pollicis Brevis: Association With a Subcompartment and de Quervain's Disease

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 719-723

  Alemohammad, Amir M ^a   Yazaki, Naoya ^a   Morris, Randal P ^a   Buford, William L ^a   Viegas, Steven F ^a  

^a Aria Private Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

de Quervain's disease; extensor pollicis brevis; interphalangeal joint; subcompartment; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTAL PHALANX; EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE TENDON; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON SURGERY; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DE QUERVAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TENDONS; THUMB;

EID: 63549129610     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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