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2. Trigger finger - Wikipedia

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   The name "trigger finger" may refer to the motion of "catching" like a trigger on a gun. [2] The ring finger and thumb are most commonly affected. [1] The problem is generally idiopathic (no known cause). People with diabetes might be relatively prone to trigger finger. [3] The pathophysiology is enlargement of the flexor tendon and the A1 ...

3. Dupuytren's contracture - Wikipedia

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   The most common finger to be affected is the ring finger; the thumb and index finger are much less often affected. [13] The disease begins in the palm and moves towards the fingers, with the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints affected before the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. [14]

4. Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow - Wikipedia

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   Ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel is diagnosed based on characteristic symptoms and signs. Intermittent or static numbness in the small finger and ulnar half of the ring finger, weakness or atrophy of the first dorsal interosseous, positive Tinel sign over the ulnar nerve proximal to the cubital tunnel, and positive elbow flexion test (elicitation of paresthesia in the small and ring ...

5. Carpal tunnel syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The main symptoms are pain in the hand, numbness, and tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger and the thumb side of the ring finger. [1] Symptoms are typically most troublesome at night. [2] Many people sleep with their wrists bent, and the ensuing symptoms may lead to awakening. [7]

6. Pronator teres syndrome - Wikipedia

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   In the proximal forearm it gives rise to the anterior interosseous nerve which innervates the flexor of the thumb (FPL), the flexor digitorum profundus of the index finger (FDP IF), and the pronator quadratus, and terminates in a sensory branch to the bones of the wrist, i.e., the carpal tunnel. Compression of the proximal median nerve results ...

7. Index finger - Wikipedia

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   Index finger. The index finger (also referred to as forefinger, [1] first finger, [2] second finger, [3] pointer finger, trigger finger, digitus secundus, digitus II, and many other terms) is the second digit of a human hand. It is located between the thumb and the middle finger. It is usually the most dextrous and sensitive digit of the hand ...