School of Physical Therapy
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Item A missing flexor digitorum brevis tendon and its relationship to sex and ancestry: Evaluation in Hispanic population(MDPI, 2022) Quiñones-Rodriguez, Jailenne I.; Mantilla-Rosa, Cristian; Rodríguez, Félix; Villamil, Catalina I.; Fernández, Juan; González-Solá, Maryvi; Torres-Toro, Cristhian; Rosario, Martin G.Background: The flexor digitorum brevis tendon to the fifth digit is frequently absent, and this absence is typically an incidental discovery during dissection or surgical studies. This study aimed to assess the frequency of a missing flexor digitorum brevis tendon in a Hispanic population for the first time, the association between the absence of the flexor digitorum brevis tendon, variables such as sex and ethnicity, and the functional implications of an absent tendon.