Research Article
Clinical Assessment of the Congenital Absence of Palmaris Longus and Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Muscles in Young Saudi Population
Table 2
Characteristics of the Palmaris Longus (PL) muscle.
| | | Overall | | |
| | Present (both hands) | 228 (68.9%) | | | | Absent (both hands) | 50 (15.1%) | | | | Present (right hand) | 27 (8.2%) | | | | Present (left hand) | 26 (7.9) | | |
| | PL versus dominant hand | Rt. hand | Lt. hand | |
| | Present (both hands) | 200 (68.0%) | 28 (75.6%) | value = 0.788 | | Absent (both hands) | 45 (15.3%) | 5 (13.5%) | | Present (right hand) | 25 (8.5%) | 2 (5.4%) | | Present (left hand) | 24 (8.1%) | 2 (5.4%) |
| | PL versus gender | Male | Female | |
| | Present (both hands) | 99 (60.3%) | 129 (77.2%) | value = 0.001 | | Absent (both hands) | 38 (23.1%) | 12 (7.1%) | | Present (right hand) | 16 (9.7%) | 11 (6.5%) | | Present (left hand) | 11 (6.7%) | 15 (8.9%) |
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Significant value ≤ 0.05.
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