Figure Legend: Finger posture changes following flexor tendon injury.  Fingers at rest follow a natural flexion cascade which is altered when either one or both flexor tendons have been cut.  These patients show characteristic abnormal straightening of digits (*) due to proximal flexor tendon injuries (arrows): small finger superficialis (1), both tendons of ring finger (2), index profundis tendon (3), all tendons of all fingers, thumb spared (4).
 

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