INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE TESTS USED IN THE DISPLAY OF PALMARIS LONGUS MUSCLE AND FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE IN THE TURKISH POPULATION
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2023, Vol 24, Issue 4
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The palmaris longus muscle (PL) in the forearm is a muscle that is not present in all individuals, and plays a role in stretching the palmar fascia and is used in reconstructive surgery, various tests are used to determine the presence of this muscle in the clinic. In this study, we aimed to / it was aimed to examine the compatibility between the tests used in the display of PL and musculus flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) in healthy individuals. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The research was carried out with a total of 528 participants over the age of 18 and randomly selected from among the staff of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University, Medical Faculty, Research and Application Hospital and the students of the Faculty of Medicine between September 2021 and July 2022. Schaeffer’s test, Pushpakumar’s test, Thompson’s test, and Mishra’s II test were applied for PL presence, whilst FDS function test was applied for the presence of the FSD in the volunteers. The Kappa coefficient was used to determine the agreement between the methods. RESULTS: We determined that the most suitable test among the tests performed on both arms was Schaeffer's test, and this test was the most suitable with Pushpakumar's test (Left arm Kappa: 0.856; p=0.001; Right arm Kappa: 0.832; p=0.001). There was no statistical correlation between the FDS function test applied on the right and left arms and the four tests used to determine PL. CONCLUSIONS: We determined that the best suitability in the determination of PL was between the Schaeffer test and the Puspakumar’s test, and there was no correlation between the FDS function test applied to both arms and the tests used for PL. We believe that our findings will help clinical applications that determine PL and FDS.
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Mehmet DEMİR Muhammed Furkan ARPACI Sibel ATEŞOĞLU KARABAŞ Adem DOĞANER Atila YOLDAŞ
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.1179311
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