Patients with neck pain can have thumb pain, may have difficulty in opposing the thumb to the other fingers. Opposition of the thumb to the other fingers involve the thumb going across the palm to reach the little finger and the little finger must also be capable of...
Patients with neck pain may have weakness of the hand due to pain and spasm of muscles of the hand. Finger adduction involves bringing the fingers tightly and close toward each other. In a normal situation, if a piece of paper is placed in between the fingers and if...
Patients with neck pain may have hand weakness from pain and spasm of muscles in the hand such that it may be difficult to oppose the little finger to the thumb. For the little finger to move forward to meet the thumb, there must be elevation of the knuckle bone of...
Patients with neck pain may have difficulty with spreading their fingers apart. Abduction movement consists of spreading the fingers apart from one another away from the axis of the middle finger. Abduction of the fingers is made possible by the contraction of: the...
Patients with neck pain can have pain in the fingers with difficulty in finger extension (finger straightening). Extension of the finger joints (proximal and distal interphalangeal joints) is performed by the lumbricals and interossei muscles. Extension of the knuckle...
Patients with neck pain due to cervical nerve root irritation may have hand pain significant enough that they may have difficulty making a fist. The joints of the fingertips may have a hard time bending. This most peripheral joint of the fingertips is known as the...
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