A Study of the Dynamic Relationship of the Lumbrical Muscles and the Carpal Tunnel
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 19 (4) , 439-443
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(94)90207-0
Abstract
The dynamic relationship of the lumbrical muscles to the carpal tunnel was studied in 35 hands in 32 patients and their movement into the tunnel on finger flexion was examined with a view to its use as a diagnostic provocation test in carpal tunnel syndrome.Keywords
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