title: Clinical measurement of normal thumb length in children.
abstract: Determination of thumb length in children is helpful in the diagnosis of congenital syndromes and in the evaluation of the outcome after reconstruction of the thumb in congenital or post-traumatic conditions. Two hundred and sixty-two normal children were examined with a simple technique to procure information related to age, the thumb length dominance and sex. Out of all these, data growth curves and percentiles were constructed as a guideline to detect pathologies and syndromes in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, U. Z. Pellenberg, Lubbeek (Pellenberg), Belgium.
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decramer
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013933:Thumb / Q000033:anatomy & histology*