Metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP): Also called the knuckle, this is where the proximal phalanx in each finger meets an adjacent hand bone (metacarpal bones).; Proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP ...

Often, the finger joints malfunction when the volar plate, a main ligament in the finger, becomes too loose. This leads to the PIP joint pointing upward. It also affects tendons in your finger ...

A jammed finger is most commonly caused by an injury to the joint in the middle of the finger, where it bends in half. This joint is called the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP).

When a finger is dislocated, the bones are no longer together and are out of alignment with the joint.The most common joint to experience dislocation is the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint ...

causing your finger to click or snap at the PIP joint. The PIP joint is the closer of the two joints inside your finger. The pulley that causes trigger finger is located in the outer part of your palm ...

A 32-year-old man had a sharp laceration of the FDS and FDP tendons of the right index finger in zone 2. Repair was done 3 days after injury, and the patient was begun on the Chow protocol.

And even though it is impossible to predict which joint will be affected or spared, eventually the fingers will stabilize. Unfortunately, patients who suffer with osteoarthritis of DIP and PIP ...

Published results showed proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis had no clinical differences when compared with joint resection arthroplasty for correction of lesser toe deformities.“The ...

On examination, he had extensor lags of 7° at the ring finger MCP joint and 10° at the small finger proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint and limited small finger PIP joint flexion from 10° to 30°.

Bouchard's nodes are bony enlargements of the middle joints of the fingers, also known as proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. These are the first joints immediately above the knuckles.

Lion QB Matthew Stafford suffered a PIP joint dislocation and torn ligaments to the middle finger of his throwing hand that will require he plays the rest of 2016 with a glove, a source said.