title: [A man with a painful thumb].
abstract: A 22-year-old man presented with a subluxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint of his left thumb. Correct anatomical position was obtained with manual reposition. The hand was immobilised for 2 weeks and was thereafter actively mobilised. After 1 month he was free of pain and the function of his thumb had completely recovered.
authors.affiliation: Ikazia Ziekenhuis, afd. Heelkunde, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. w_alberda@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Wijnand J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Alberda
authors.forename: P T Ted
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: den Hoed
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult