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Flexed Thumb
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Internet resources relating to congenital flexed thumb, thumb-in-palm
[OCOSH Code: D038062 205273005 Q68.8 HD_CHD_FD_FT]
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Classification of Spastic Thumb-in-palm contracture
Location: http://www.eatonhand.com/clf/clf248.htm
I Simple metacarpal adduction
II Metacarpal adduction, MCP flexion
III Metacarpal adduction, MCP hyperextension, MCP instability
IV Metacarpal adduction, MCP flexion, IP flexion
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PubMed Search for Windblown Hand or Thumb-in-palm deformity
Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=DetailsSearch&Term=%22windblown+hand%22[All+F ...
This search yielded 41 articles (Aug 2009) which were mostly on subject.
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Surgical treatment for the thumb-in-palm deformity in patients with cerebral palsy Cochrane Review
Location: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004093.html
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder caused by damage to the brain around birth. It causes muscle spasms and contractions that can lead to a condition called thumb-in- palm deformity, severely limiting hand function. Thumb-in-palm surgery is sometimes tried to improve ability to use the thumb. This review found...
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Surgical treatment of spastic thumb-in-palm deformity
Location: http://www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/45-B/4/703.pdf
Full text JBJS - B article by I Matev - 1963
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