Studies on the Hand in Ulnar Nerve Paralysis: A Clinical-Experimental Investigation in Normal and Anomalous Innervation

Abstract

Chapter I. Normal and anomalous pattern of innervation of the ulnar nerve 19 Zone I 19, Normal pattern of innervation 20 Anomalous pattern of innervation 21 Zone II 21 Normal pattern of innervation 23 Anomalous pattern of innervation 25 Zone III 25 Normal pattern of innervation 26 Anomalous pattern of innervation 26 Zone IV 26 Normal pattern of innervation 27 Anomalous pattern of innervation 29 Summary 30 Chapter II. Authors dissection of the ulnar nerve 34 Summary 35 Chapter III. On muscles and tendons of the thumb, index finger and little finger 35 Intrinsic muscles of the thumb 37 Extrinsic muscles of the thumb 40 Intrinsic muscles of the index finger 40 Extrinsic muscles of the index finger 42 Intrinsic muscles of the little finger 43 Extrinsic muscles of the little finger 43 Summary 44 Chapter IV. Author's dissection of muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments around the thumb 44 Attachment of adductor muscles on the first ray 48 Dissection of extensor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis brevis and flexor pollicis longus 5 I Adduction experiments on fresh post mortem specimens Summary 55 PART III. ON SOME NORMAL FUNCTIONS OF THE HAND Chapter V 57 Introduction 57 Short survey of some functions of the 3 main nerves of the hand 58 Methods for quantitative evaluation of the sensibility of the hand Considerations on quantitative measurements of the strength of hand muscles 58 Survey of ergometers, ergograhs and more complicated instruments for measuring the strength of the hand 59 Survey of dynamometers suitable for clinical use Summary 61 Chapter VI. Quantitative methods for evaluating strength of muscles supplied by ulnar nerve Previous methods Description of the author's dynamometer Summary 69 Chapter VII. Control series Composition Order of tests performed Methods and standard positions Results Error of the method Standard deviation 78 Results of studies on controls Analysis of normal palmar adduction of the thumb

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