Despite the importance of the thumb to hand function, little is known about the origins of thumb impairment poststroke. Accordingly, the primary purpose of this study was to assess whether thumb flexors have heightened stretch reflexes (SRs) following stroke-induced hand impairment. The secondary purpose was to compare SR characteristics of thumb flexors in relation to those of finger flexors s...

In this paper, we consider a three-way classification approach for Russian movie reviews. All reviews are divided into groups: “thumbs up”, “soso” and “thumbs down”. To solve this problem we use various sets of words together with such features as opinion words, word weights, punctuation marks and polarity influencers that can affect the polarity of the following words. Besides, we estimate the...

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BACKGROUND  Reconstruction of complex soft tissue defects of the thumb, with exposure of tendons, joints or bones, has always been a difficult task. We evaluated the functional and esthetic outcomes of 1st dorsal metacarpal artery island flap in reconstruction of post-traumatic soft tissue defects of the thumb. METHODS Between January 2012 and June 2014, fifteen patients with co...

Introduction. Thumb fingertip injuries, often combined with phalanx fracture or torn ligament, are very common. The focus of treatment is on how to rebuild the function and shape thumb. Single thumb pulp injury more However, due diverse type injury, no uniform guideline described in literature. Case report. A patient extensive incisions, which looked like multiple parallel wounds, was admitted ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate on the effects of the stepwise application of orthosis and kinesiology tape on a patient with thumb metacarpophalangeal joint hyperextension injury. [Subject] The patient was a 43-year-old man with severe thumb MCP pain and extremely limited thumb movement. [Methods] Stepwise application of orthosis and kinesiology taping were performed for...

Thumb and digit-sucking habits or non-nutritive sucking are considered to be the most prevalent among oral habits. Most children stop thumb sucking on their own. If the habit continues beyond 3 to 4 years of age, it not only affects the dental occlusion, but the shape of the thumb/digit may be altered as well. This article presents the management of thumb sucking by modified RURS, elbow guard i...

Figure 1. Radiograph of N.D. preoperatively, demonstrating thumb hypoplasia and an unstable carpometacarpal joint. Figure 2. Schematic of the hand with hypoplastic thumb to be amputated (dashed lines).

Amputation of the thumb invariably causes marked functional impairment of the hand especially, pinch and grasp functions. In rural areas where highly skilled microvascular surgeries are not available, distraction osteogenesis provides an easy and safe alternative of thumb reconstruction. We report a case of crush injury of the right hand in a 37 year old gentleman in which the right thumb was a...

OBJECTIVE The management of triphalangism provides the age-old problem of marrying maximal functional benefit with acceptable cosmesis. The objective was to discuss the rare abnormality of bilateral triphalangeal thumb, the surgical existing surgical approaches, and to present a case in a pediatric patient who had a good result with a relatively simple and straightforward method of surgically m...