IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Extensor tendons are found just under the skin of the hand or the top of the feet. Extensor tendonitis is an inflammation of these tendons, and many factors can cause it. Tendons are bands of tissue ...

Tendon repair is surgery done to treat a torn or otherwise damaged tendon. Tendons are the soft, band-like tissues that connect muscles to bone. When the muscles contract, the tendons pull the bones ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman Charles Alexis Legault had surgery to repair multiple torn extensor tendons in his right hand after getting cut by a skate blade during a game ...

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 extensor apparatus of the human hand comprises a network of tendons that arise from forearm musculature and traverse the dorsal wrist to insert on the digits and thumb. While the extensor ...