Many types of accidents can cause a cut to the back of the hand that slices into the tendon. Most extensor tendon injuries will result in pain and difficulty moving the finger, but other symptoms ...

Hand pain can result from injury ... nerve (a nerve running from your forearm to the palm of your hand) and the tendons responsible for moving your fingers. Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when ...

More than 90% of tendon injuries are long-term in nature ... 10%-20% strength reduction in supination (ability to turn the hand palm up). This is considered to be a moderate loss and not worth ...

Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand also showed inflammation and/or damage to hand tendons, a single-center study indicated. Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement ...

Tendons link muscles and bones and control how our wrist and fingers move. Tendons can become injured after trauma or sharp injuries. Our surgeons have expertise with hand trauma and specialize in ...

The sooner tendon injuries of the hand are treated, the more likely the hand will return to full function. Occasionally, difficulties arise due to missed injuries, severely contaminated wounds ...

Summer is here which means everyone is out and about, being more active and no one more so than the kids! Dr. Shaun ...

“Of people who cut tendons and nerves in their hands, we usually guess that it’s an avocado injury,” Dr. Scott Wolfe, Hospital for Special Surgery hand and upper extremity surgeon, told CBS ...