The opposable thumb

Non-opposable triphalangeal thumb in an Italian family.

This report describes a family with bilateral non-opposable triphalangeal thumb, bringing to two the number of families with this autosomal dominant disorder.

A thermoplastic thumb post for the treatment of thumb-sucking.

This article was accepted fur publication September 26, 1991. Behavioral research has indicated that thumbsucking often covaries with hair pulling and that the elimination of thumb-sucking can result in the elimination of the hair pulling with which it was associated (e.g., Frlman & Hove, 1987; Knell & Moore, 1988). Treatments for persistent thumb-sucking, however, have shown minimal or transie...

Reconstruction of the thumb.

Simulated Tom Thumb, the Rule Of Thumb for Autonomous Robots

Robots M. A. El-Dosuky 1, M. Z. Rashad 1, T. T. Hamza 1, and A.H. EL-Bassiouny 2 1 Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Computers and Information sciences, Mansoura University, Egypt 2 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Mansoura University, Egypt Abstract For a mobile robot to be truly autonomous, it must solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem. We dev...

The rheumatoid thumb.

The thumb frequently is involved in rheumatoid arthritis and often is a source of significant functional loss, pain, and deformity. Fortunately, much can be done to provide pain relief, improve function, enhance appearance, and slow the progression of disease. Specific surgical interventions should be based on the nature and stage of deformity as well as the status of tendons, ligaments, and ad...