This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kline, S. C.
Right arrow Articles by Moore, J. R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kline, S. C.
Right arrow Articles by Moore, J. R.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 74, Issue 10 1478-1485, Copyright © 1992 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

JOURNAL CONTENTS

The transverse carpal ligament. An important component of the digital flexor pulley system

SC Kline and JR Moore
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

The effect of release of the transverse carpal ligament on the mechanics of the flexor tendons was investigated with use of a fresh-frozen cadaver model. A 25 per cent increase in the amount of excursion of the tendons that was consumed by motion of the wrist was demonstrated for the digitorum profundus tendons after transection of the transverse carpal ligament, and a 20 per cent increase was noted for the digitorum superficialis tendons (p < 0.001). These values represent 5.4 +/- 1.2 and 5.5 +/- 1.3 millimeters of bow-stringing for each group of tendons.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?