OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to outline general treatment and return to play (RTP) strategies as they pertain to athletes with various upper extremity injuries. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of these injuries. DATA SOURCES/SYNTHESIS A review of the literature plus expert opinion served as the basis for recommendations made regarding management strategies for return...

Abstract Introduction Chronic tendinous mallet finger injuries are commonly treated with an open operative fixation. Aim To evaluate a new technique of closed reduction and fixation using percutaneous figure 8 suture for treating injury. Method We conducted retrospective analysis prospectively collected data consecutive patients, undergoing chronic injuries. All patients had failed conservative...

The Mallet grading system is a commonly used functional scoring system to assess shoulder abduction/external rotation deficits in children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy. One feature of the Mallet score is that each grade is translated into certain degrees of deficiencies in both shoulder abduction and external rotation. The aim of the current study is to investigate the percentage of chi...

PURPOSE The aim of this clinical study was to compare electrical versus hand mallet in osteotome-assisted surgery for maxillary bone condensing in immediately loaded implant procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Edentulous patients in maxillary premolar and molar regions with type III or IV bone were enrolled in this prospective clinical study. The patients were randomly divided in two groups: in ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate upper-limb function by means of the Mallet score, in patients with medial rotation contracture of the shoulder who underwent the modified Sever-L'Episcopo procedure, and to correlate evolution with age and length of postoperative follow-up. METHODS Sixteen patients were assessed by comparing the pre and postoperative Mallet scores and correlating the differences between ...

A case of mallet thumb, with a closed rupture of the extensor pollicis longus at its distal insertion, is presented. Conservative treatment resulted in a near normal function.