Table 4. The mean isolated flexion angles and mean ratio of flexion angles of the MP and PIP joints.
Side | Joint | Finger | |||||
Index | Middle | Ring | Small | ||||
independent | common | absent | |||||
Right | MP | 63.5° (41.7%) | 60.0° (37.2%) | 57.0° (35.5%) | 55.7° (43.0%) | 65.7° (76.6%) | 64.8° (85.5%) |
PIP | 88.9° (58.3%) | 101.1° (62.8%) | 103.5° (64.5%) | 73.7° (57.0%) | 20.1° (23.4%) | 11.0° (14.5%) | |
Left | MP | 65.8° (42.5%) | 58.8° (36.7%) | 56.1° (35.4%) | 59.5° (44.2%) | 58.9° (78.8%) | 60.2° (84.6%) |
PIP | 89.0° (57.5%) | 101.6° (63.3%) | 102.1° (64.6%) | 75.1° (55.8%) | 15.8° (21.2%) | 11.0° (15.4%) |
MP: metacarpophalangeal; PIP: proximal interphalangeal.