Tendons control the movement of the hand, wrists and fingers. Orthopedic hand surgeon Dr. Edward Chan of Queens Medical Center, West O’ahu identified the common hand and wrist tendon-related problems.

Tendons link muscles and bones together. The hand is unique because many of the muscles that control the bones in your fingers and wrists are located in your forearm. The tendons and muscles in your ...

Ultrasonography reveals tendon involvement in nearly 70% of the patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA), with no significant impact on hand function or pain. Tendon damage was more frequent in the ...

Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement of at least one tendon with ultrasound examination, compared with 9% of a control group of age- and sex-matched controls with no hand complaints, ...

Complaints such as pain in the Achilles tendon, tennis elbow, swimmer's shoulder and jumper's knee are familiar to many young ...

Experts say care and quick attention to stiffness can help to avoid problems with tendons. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Injure a tendon and you might not notice right away, but beware: These ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Wrist tendonitis often results from repetitive motions or injuries. It may cause weakness and dull pain when performing certain activities, but treatments like stretching and compression can help.

This week we are going to discuss the Achilles tendon and problems which can occur ranging form the minor to the catastrophic. The first condition I would like to discuss is simply tendonitis and ...

Claw hand deformity is a condition where your fingers are bent into a position that looks like a claw. It may affect all of your fingers or only some of them. The cause is usually related to damage to ...

As the days continue to get shorter and temperatures slowly and steadily decline, athletes and exercise enthusiasts will work harder to fit in a warmup before running or other activities. But no ...