DXA has been widely accepted as a noninvasive method for BMD measurement in adults as well as in pediatric subjects (1). An important shortcoming of DXA is that it measures an areal density, so that ...

The middle phalanges (hand), also known as the intermediate phalanges, are bones located in the fingers. Each intermediate phalanx connects to a proximal and distal phalanx. Each proximal phalanx is ...

These are the distal phalanges at the fingertips, the middle phalanges, and the proximal phalanges which are closest to the palm. The primary action of the flexor digitorum superficialis is to flex ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Familiarity with the terms used to describe the anatomy of the hand is important for clinical assessment. The terms “volar” and “palmar ...

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 ...

Radiologic evaluation of sports injuries of the wrist and hand should commence with plain radiographs. Although plain radiography provides information in only two dimensions and cannot give detailed ...

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to our rheumatology ward for evaluation and treatment of seronegative polyarthritis. She had a three-year history of peripheral symmetric arthritis involving her ...