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metacarpophalangeal

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met·a·car·po·pha·lan·ge·al (mt-kärp-f-lnj-l, -f-)
adj. Abbr. MCP
Of or relating to the metacarpus and the phalanges of the hand, especially to the articulations between them.

metacarpophalangeal (MCP)
[-kar′pōfəlan′jē·əl]
Etymology: Gk, meta, beyond, karpos, wrist, phalanx, line of soldiers
pertaining to the metacarpal bones of the hand and the phalanges of fingers, as in metacarpophalangeal joints.

metacarpophalangeal [met″ah-kahr″po-fah-lan´je-al]
pertaining to the metacarpus and phalanges of the fingers.

metacarpophalangeal
pertaining to the metacarpus and phalanges.

metacarpophalangeal joint
see Table 11. Called also fetlock.


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It was also reported that body posture (standing or sitting) and angular positions of the shoulder, the elbow, the forearm, the wrist joint, the metacarpophalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joints and upper limb position has been found to affect maximal grip strength 9 10 11 12 13 14.
In their study on piano playing, Harding, Brandt, and Hillberry (1993) reported that a curved finger with a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) flexion angle of between 40[degrees] and 65[degrees] put the least stress on the MCP joint.
[FIGURE 3 OMITTED] Discussion Excluding the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb, the PIP joint suffers sports-related injuries more frequently than all other joints in the hand (Dawson, 1994).
 
 
 
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