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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Orthop Res. 1990 Mar;8(2):167–174. doi: 10.1002/jor.1100080203

TABLE 2.

The amounts of the tendon excursion, the sheath displacement, and the tendon excursion relative to the sheath of canine digits

Single joint rotations
MCP joint PIP joint DIP joint
1. Angular rotation (deg) 71.5 ± 5.8 40.5 ± 5.3 32.3 ± 5.3
2. Tendon excursion (mm)
 Regions C 12.7 ± 1.1 7.0 ± 0.8 3.2 ± 0.5
  M 6.7 ± 1.1 7.6 ± 0.9 2.7 ± 0.5
  PP 2.0 ± 0.5 4.3 ± 0.7 2.7 ± 0.6
  P 0.7 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.4 1.7 ± 0.4
  MP 0.7 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.1 1.6 ± 0.3
3. Sheath displacement (mm)
 Regions C 8.9 ± 1.0 1.6 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.2
  M 3.8 ± 0.5 0.6 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.1
  PP 1.2 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.1
  P 0.6 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 0.1
  MP 0.5 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1
4. Tendon excursion relative to the sheath (mm)
 Regions C 3.9 ± 0.3 6.1 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.4
  M 4.8 ± 0.8 6.8 ± 0.7 2.4 ± 0.5
  PP 1.7 ± 0.5 4.5 ± 0.8 3.0 ± 0.4
  P 1.1 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.3
  MP 0.4 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2