Trapeziometacarpal Joint Instability Affects the Moment Arms of Thumb Motor Tendons
| Autor: | JunSoo Han, Jin-Bo Tang, Shohei Omokawa, Vincent Kish, Jaiyoung Ryu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Joint Instability
Male musculoskeletal diseases Abductor Pollicis Longus Joint stability Osteoarthritis In Vitro Techniques Thumb Tendons Cadaver medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Displacement (orthopedic surgery) Range of Motion Articular Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry General Medicine Anatomy Middle Aged musculoskeletal system medicine.disease Biomechanical Phenomena Tendon body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Upper limb Female Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 372:262-271 |
| ISSN: | 0009-921X |
| Popis: | This study measured the changes in moment arm length of thumb motor tendons after simulated ligamentous instability and subsequent reconstruction of the trapeziometacarpal joint. Excursions of thumb motor tendons were measured simultaneously with the trapeziometacarpal joint angulation during flexion to extension and abduction to adduction motion. Tendon moment arms were calculated based on joint and tendon displacement techniques in the intact joint, after sequential sectionings of the capsuloligamentous restraints, and after the reconstruction procedure of Eaton and Littler. The results showed that moment arms of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons increased significantly as compared with those for normal joints during flexion to extension motion after sectioning the palmar capsuloligamentous components. After the ulnopalmar structures were cut, the moment arm of the extensor pollicis longus tendon had a statistically significant increase during abduction to adduction motion, and those of the extensor and flexor pollicis longus tendons decreased significantly during flexion to extension motion. Changed moment arms were restored to a normal level after the ligamentous reconstruction. These results indicate that ligamentous disruptions alter the mechanical balance of thumb motor tendons, which may contribute to joint deformities observed in trapeziometacarpal joint arthritis. Restoring joint stability is important to correct mechanical imbalance of the tendons. |
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