Exempel på pronator

• If the elbow is flexed to a right angle, then pronator teres will turn the hand so that the palm faces inferiorly.

• The pronator quadratus and the pronator teres are either reduced or absent.

• In pronator teres syndrome, specifically, immobilization of the elbow and mobility exercise within a pain-free range are initially prescribed.

• Pronator teres syndrome (also known as pronator syndrome) is compression of the median nerve between the two heads of the pronator teres muscle.

• The physician may notice an enlarged pronator teres muscle.

• Longus is a weak pronator in the flexed arm and a supinator in the outstretched arm.

• To restore independent flexion of the index finger could be performed by using the pronator teres or extensor carpi radialis ulnaris tendon muscle units.

• The middle third of the body attaches to the extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis, extensor primi internodii pollicis, and the pronator teres muscles.

• The nerve enters the cubital fossa medial to the brachialis tendon and passes between the two heads of the pronator teres.

• More recent literature collectively diagnose median nerve palsy occurring from the elbow to the forearm as pronator teres syndrome.

• It is assisted in this action by pronator quadratus.

• In the forearm, this action is performed by pronator quadratus and pronator teres muscle.

• At the cubital fossa, this nerve is deep to the pronator teres muscle and is the most medial structure in the fossa.

• Nerve conduction studies may be normal or show pronator quadratus latency.

• The first branch of the median nerve is to the pronator teres muscle, then the flexor carpi radialis, the palmaris longus and the flexor digitorum superficialis.