Magazine025 Question 9

Distractors

Prior injury in the upper extremity

Muscle tears

Immobilization required to heal properly

Key

Repetitive overuse activities involving the distal upper extremity

Question

In the article “Tendon Pathologies in the Wrist and Forearm,” author Whitney Lowe says in both de Quervain’s tenosynovitis and in intersection syndrome, there will likely be some: