Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 14.1 Schematic location of the ulnar nerve It continues its path under the flexor carpi ulnaris and above the flexor digitorum superficialis, behind the arcade of Amadio and Beckenbaugh….

Fig. 2.1 The radioulnar unity acts like a door with three locks. If only one lock is blocked, the whole door is blocked. If 2 locks are taken away, the…

Figs. 15.1 and 15.1′ Anatomical location of the radial nerve (anterior and posterior parts) The “medium floor” goes from the humeral condyle to the inferior part of the radial head,…

Fig. 4.1 A combination of wrist extension and radial inclination leads to opposed constraints on the scaphoid Fig. 4.1′ The extension and radial inclination of the injury mechanism put constraints…

Fig. 11.1 Amputation levels for isolated digital amputations (according to Gosset and Michon) 11.1.1.1 At the Level of the 3rd Phalanx The amputation is always definitive; we distinguish 4 zones…

Fig. 6.1 The automatic rotation of the metacarpophalangeal of the thumb in pronation during the opposition between the thumb and the finger is related to ligamentous (ulnar collateral ligament shorter…

Schema 17.1 Physiopathology of CRPS [5] 17.4 Diagnosis and Clinical Signs The diagnosis is clinical and must be established early to rapidly set up a treatment. However, it’s difficult to…

Fig. 12.1 Functional classification of nervous injuries This classification was first made by Seddon in 1943 and includes three types of nervous injuries: neurapraxia, axonotmesis and neurotmesis. Sunderland then added…