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KEITH B. TAYLOR
Global Scholars Program at Northumbria University
ANATOMY
Smartphone Use as a Potential Cause of Repetitive Strain Injury: An Ultrasound Investigation of Flexor Pollicis Longus and the Median Nerve
GILLIE, Breanne1, Mark Orlando1, Justin Wisely1, Shuja Kazmi1, James COEY1, 2 and Sara SULAIMAN3.
1St. George’s International School of Medicine Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK.
2Department of Anatomy, St. George’s University, Grenada, W.I.
3Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST,UK.
Flexor Pollicis Longus tendon showing a typical hyper-echoic appearance in the carpal tunnel
The median nerve showing a typical “honeycomb” appearance, due to the hypo- and hyperechoic contract of the neural fasicals and connective tissue, at the level of the carpal tunnel
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