Recurrent dislocation is not common in small joints. This report presents a new case of chronic recurrent dislocation of proximal interphalangeal joint of the finger in which soft tissue injuries have a role in the dislocation. The patient was a 23 years old man who had referred to our center because of recurrent dislocation of proximal interphalangeal joint of his right ring finger during spor...

Relative finger lengths, especially the second-to-fourth finger length ratio, have been proposed as useful markers for prenatal testosterone action. This claim partly depends on an association of relative finger lengths in adults with related sex differences in children and infants. This paper reports the results of a study using serial radiographs to test for both sex differences in the finger...

In this paper, we propose a new finger biometric method. Infrared finger images are first captured, and then feature extraction is performed using a modified gaussian high-pass filter through binarization, local binary pattern (LBP), and local derivative pattern (LDP) methods. Infrared finger images include the multimodal features of finger veins and finger geometries. Instead of extracting eac...

During the educational dissection of a 69-year-old Chinese male cadaver, an extensor digiti minimi (EDM) with five slips on the right hand was discovered. Except for the two slips of the little finger, the two radial slips were inserted into the dorsal aponeurosis of the middle finger and the ring finger, respectively. The middle slip was connected to the junctura tendinum in the fourth interme...

Tactile learning transfers from trained to untrained fingers in a pattern that reflects overlap between the representations of fingers in the somatosensory system (e.g., neurons with multifinger receptive fields). While physical proximity on the body is known to determine the topography of somatosensory representations, tactile coactivation is also an established organizing principle of somatos...

constipation is a common complaint affecting a considerable part of the population in the western world [1]. compared to men, women suffer more from this ailment [2]. usually, more than one factor is involved. lack of fiber in the diet, the presence of hemorrhoids or rectocele have all been incriminated to cause constipation or else exacerbate it. while bearing down causes some degree of perine...

background: onychomycosis results from invasion of the nail plate by dermatophytes, yeasts or mould species of fungi. the objective was to determine the etiological agents of onychomycosis. methods: a total of 549 patients clinically suspected of onychomycosis were examined for causative fungal agents. both di­rect microscopy and the cultures of the nail material were performed to identify the ...

One of the techniques taught in dental and dental hygiene programs is to use finger rests to stabilize the instrument while performing dental scaling or other types of dental work. It is believed that finger rests may also reduce muscle stress and prevent injury due to muscle fatigue. In this study the effects of three different finger rest positions on hand muscle activity and thumb pinch forc...

Soft tissue reconstruction of a circumferentially degloved finger is major challenge. A 64-year-old male patient with underlying diabetes and hypertension presented biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma involving his entire finger. The entirety was to obtain safety margin. reconstructed using bilateral free hypothenar flap, the recovered without any complications.