Locking of the metacarpo-phalangeal joints.
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Case 1-in January 1972 a nurse aged twenty years presented with locking of the left index finger. Earlier the same day she had been removing sutures, holding a forceps in the left hand, when the second metacarpo-phalangeal joint “locked” in the flexed position and she could not straighten it. She gave no history of any injury but said that during the preceding month she had noticed “cramps” in the same finger. These would occur once or twice a week and the finger would assume the flexed position momentarily and could not be straightened.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
دوره 56 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974