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 ...

A general examination of the hand includes inspection ... Also known as stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, trigger finger occurs when a finger becomes stuck in a flexed position and then extends ...

There are, however, a number of theories considered as reasons for flexor tenosynovitis developing, including: A physical examination is typically conducted, which includes tendon-specific manoeuvres ...

A blinded ultrasound assessment was carried out on each patient to determine the presence of tenosynovitis at 16 tendon regions: bilateral fingers (extensor and flexor compartments), wrists ...

People also refer to locking or catching of the joints in the digits as stenosing tenosynovitis ... When a specific muscle contracts, the flexor tendons pull on the bones of the fingers or ...

SUPPURATIVE inflammation of the flexor tendons of the hand presents ... The incidence and complications of acute suppurative tenosynovitis have decreased since the advent of antibiotics.

Examination of the left middle finger revealed all four of Kanavel signs, indicative of septic flexor tenosynovitis (fusiform swelling, pain with passive extension, pain with palpation along the ...

If tenosynovitis or tendon damage is detected ... Participants underwent ultrasound exams of their flexor and extensor ...

This is symptom is called flexor tenosynovitis, also known as trigger finger, a condition in which inflammation occurs around the tendons of the finger. As the health body explains, when the ...

Typical symptoms of flexor digitorum tenosynovitis were defined according ... and negative predictive value for clinical examination using US as the gold standard. Kappa values were calculated ...