The equine deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) plays a critical role in the biomechanics of the distal limb, and injuries to this tendon can have significant consequences for performance and welfare ...

UPDATE 3: Stephen Strasburg's injury has been {}diagnosed as a strain of the flexor tendon in his forearm, according to Mark Zuckerman. {}Strasburg will undergo an MRI tomorrow.

He began the campaign on the 15-day IL due to a flexor strain. He started a rehab assignment in June, though that lasted only four appearances. He was transferred to the 60-day IL in early July.

Proximal stump of flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. Postoperatively the patient was splinted in 15° of flexion at the PIP joint for 3 weeks, and digital flexion was encouraged.

Trigger finger and trigger thumb do respond to surgical release of the tendon nodule in which the surgeon is able to free up the tendon and allow it to clear the flexor tendon pulley.

Scherzer’s thumb has bothered him back to last summer, when it was linked to some kind of nerve problem in his hand. The injury resurfaced this spring.