Gliding characteristics of flexor tendon
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Anke M. Ettema; Chunfeng Zhao; Peter C. Amadio; Megan M. O'Byrne; Kai-Nan An
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The characteristic pathological finding in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is noninflammatory fibrosis of the synovium. How this fibrosis might affect tendon function, if at all, is unknown. The subsynovial connective tissue (SSCT) lies between the flexor tendons and the visceral synovium