Transverse Sliding of the Median Nerve Beneath the Flexor Retinaculum
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 17 (2) , 213-216
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(92)90092-g
Abstract
Transverse sliding of the median nerve beneath the flexor retinaculum during active-resistant flexion of the fingers was sonographically demonstrated. Although it is a physiological phenomenon, it may cause mechanical nerve deformation in addition to longitudinal sliding when the nerve is subject to compression against the flexor retinaculum by tensed overlying flexor tendons.Keywords
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