Anconeus and pronation: a palpatory and ultrasonographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Depending on its axis, pronation varies from the radius rotation around the steady ulna to the reciprocal adduction of the radius and abduction of the ulna. While there is no question that pronator teres is a central pronation agonist, anconeus's role is not settled. The current investigation comparing palpation and ultrasonography in these two muscles during pronation along the axis capitulum-second digit evolved from a serendipitous finding in a clinical anatomy seminar.

Methods

Single-hand palpation and two-transducer ultrasonography over anconeus and pronator teres were used on ten normal subjects to investigate their contraction during pronation around the capitulum-second digit axis. These studies were done independently and blind to the results of the other. T

SUBMITTER: Canoso JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424725 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature