Flexor tenosynovitis was found in 17 patients (51.5%) on US compared with 16 (48.4%) of 33 patients on clinical examination. The intra-reader reliability of reading both the US and clinical ...

wkes.eu The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) muscle plays a key role not only in the ... It lies subcutaneously and is easily palpated and visualised with diagnostic ultrasound, allowing early diagnosis ...

1, 30625 Hanover, Germany; kknobi{at}yahoo.com Background: Tendinopathy of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon is a rare entity. Recent research revealed the role of a neurovascular ingrowth at the point ...

The data suggests that clinical examination can be a valuable tool for detecting flexor disease in view of its high specificity and positive predictive values, but a negative clinical examination ...