Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Techniques for restoring thumb opposition require multiple incisions and frequently use nonagonist muscles. Our ...

The purpose of this study was firstly, to describe a simple clinical tool that can be used to measure the extensibility of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) muscle; secondly, to test its reliability; ...

The extensor digitorum longus muscle is located at the front of the leg and is adjacent to the peroneus brevis muscle and the tibialis anterior muscle. This wing-shaped muscle works to extend the foot ...

The extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle aids in moving the hand. Specifically, it abducts and extends the hand at the wrist joint. The muscle works in concert with the extensor carpi radialis longus ...

A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

The peroneus longus muscle (or fibularis longus) is a major mover and stabilizer of your foot and ankle. The muscle runs down ...