We describe a case of an 8-year-old boy who developed a combined motor and sensory neuropathy of the distal ulnar nerve, after sustaining a superficial injury to the right flexor carpi ulnaris tendon at the level of the distal wrist crease. Guyon's canal syndrome is a very rare entity during childhood. We have noted only one prior description of this syndrome in the pediatric age group in a rev...

Musculoskeletal involvement is seen in only about 1.3% of all patients with tuberculosis. Very few cases of isolated tuberculous synovitis have been reported. The rarity of this condition often leads to the failure to consider tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis, resulting in delayed therapy. We present one such case of isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris in an...

Corticosteroid injections are a common nonsurgical treatment of intersection syndrome, flexor carpi radialis tendonitis, flexor carpi ulnaris tendonitis, and medial epicondylitis. The benefits of corticosteroid injections for these conditions have been well studied and documented in the medical literature. Patients with less common upper extremity complaints usually first present to their prima...

[Purpose] This study investigated the difference screwdriver handle size has on forearm muscle activities and wrist motion during screw-driving work. [Subjects] Fourteen males aged 20-30 years, were recruited. [Methods] We measured the forearm muscle activities using a MP 150 System and wrist motion using a 3D motion system. The subjects performed screw-driving tasks with different screwdriver ...

In this report we describe an unusual combination of anatomical variations in the left upper extremity. A rare case of a variant palmaris longus muscle, an unknown variation of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle and a persistent median artery were discovered during routine anatomical dissection. The anatomical aspects of these variations have been discussed in detail. We also review the clinical l...

Purpose: To develop a musculo-skeletal dynamic model for simulating hand grasp by means of FES in paretic hand. Methods: The skeletal model, which consisted of humerus, radius, ulna and bones of hand, was developed from CT data of. The muscle model, which had been designed by Hase, was developed about flexor carpi ulnaris, felxor carpi radialis, extensor carpi ulnaris, extensor carpi radialis l...

PURPOSE Wrist joint-leveling procedures for decompression of the radiocarpal and ulnocarpal joints are accompanied by the risk for subsequent disorders of the adjacent distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ). This study evaluated the dynamic change of the pressure pattern at the DRUJ after joint-leveling procedures. METHODS Thirteen fresh-frozen adult cadaveric upper extremities were used. A segment o...