1) Musculoskeletal disorder
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In medicine, mallet finger, also baseball finger, dropped finger, dolphin finger, `Virgin Finger`, `Hannan Finger` and (more generally) extensor tendon injury, is an injury of the extensor digitorum tendon of the fingers at the distal interphalangeal joint (DIP). It results from hyperflexion of the extensor digitorum tendon, and usually occurs...
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Synonym for baseball finger ... An avulsion, partial or complete, of the long finger extensor from the base of the distal phalanx. ... Synonym: drop finger, hammer finger, mallet finger. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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partial permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger caused by a ball or other object striking the end or back of the finger, resulting in rupture of the attachment of the extensor tendon. Called also baseball or hammer finger.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. an avulsion, partial or complete, of the long finger extensor from the base of the distal phalanx, resulting in the inability to fully extend the distal interphalangeal joint actively. Synonyms: baseball finger, drop finger, hammer finger
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A condition caused by the rupturing of the finger's long extension tendon.
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