In a claw hand with ulnar-nerve and median-nerve paralysis, if the digits are stabilized to prevent over-extension at the metacarpophalangeal joints, the long extensor alone could fully extend all phalanges. From the proximal interphalangeal stiffness evaluated by this test (on more than 200 claw hands operated on 20 years ago) I propose a simple therapeutic scheme for palliative surgery.
BT - Acta leprologica C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3913264?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Acta Leprol LA - fre N2 -In a claw hand with ulnar-nerve and median-nerve paralysis, if the digits are stabilized to prevent over-extension at the metacarpophalangeal joints, the long extensor alone could fully extend all phalanges. From the proximal interphalangeal stiffness evaluated by this test (on more than 200 claw hands operated on 20 years ago) I propose a simple therapeutic scheme for palliative surgery.
PY - 1985 SP - 281 EP - 5 T2 - Acta leprologica TI - [The metacarpophalangeal stabilization test and its value in surgery of the leprous hand]. VL - 3 SN - 0001-5938 ER -