MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
REHABILITATION SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
III.FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HAND
A. WRIST JOINTS
- extension (0-70°) ECRL, ECRB,
ECU
- flexion (0-70°) FCU, FCR,
PL
- radial deviation (0-20°) ECRL,
ECRB, FCR
- ulnar deviation (0-30°) ECU,
FCU
B. METACARPAL PHALANGEAL JOINTS - DIGITS II-V
- flexion (0-90°) - lumbricals,
interossei
- extension (0-15°) - extensor
digitorum
- abduction - dorsal interossei
- adduction - palmar interossei
C. THUMB CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS
- opposition - opponens pollicis
- flexion - abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis
- abduction - AbPL, AbPB
- adduction - AdP
- extension - EPB
D. THUMB METACARPAL-PHALANGEAL JOINT
- flexion (0-50°) FPB
- extension - EPB
E. THUMB INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT
- flexion (0-60°) - FPL
- extension - EPL
F. DIGITS II-V PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT
- flexion (0-110°) - FDS
- extension - lumbricals, interossei, ED, dorsal hood apparatus,
EIP, EDMP
G. DIGITS II-V DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
- flexion (0-70°) - FDP
- extension - ED, lumbricales, interossei
Innervation, Blood Supply and Tendons of the Wrist and Hand-Muscles of the Hand -The Elbow - Surface Anatomy of the Hand -Skeleton of the Hand - Wrist and Hand Index
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