Additional methods for testing the short extensor of the thumb

Authors

  • Sergey Goloborod'ko

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-59872012295-96

Keywords:

short extensor of the thumb, testing

Abstract

The article describes two additional methods for testing the short radial extensor muscle of wrist, which were used in 25 volunteers on 50 hands. The first additional method was positive on 45 hands (22 right ones and 23 left ones), negative on 3 right hands and faint on 2 left hands. The second additional method was positive on 48 hands and negative on 2 hands in one volunteer.

References

  1. Variations of the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and its insertion: a study of 44 cadaveric hands / R. Kulshreshtha, S. Patel, A. P. Arya et al. // J. Hand Surgery. — 2007. — Vol. 32E, № 5. — P. 550–553.
  2. Матев Ив. Реабилитация при повреждениях руки / Ив. Матев, Ст. Банков: пер. с болг. — София: Мед. и физк., 1981. — 256 с.

How to Cite

Goloborod’ko, S. (2012). Additional methods for testing the short extensor of the thumb. ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY and PROSTHETICS, (2), 95–96. https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-59872012295-96

Issue

Section

SHORT REPORTS AND NEWS FROM PRACTICE