Research Article
Clinical Assessment of the Congenital Absence of Palmaris Longus and Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Muscles in Young Saudi Population
Table 3
Characteristics of the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS) muscle.
| | | Overall | | |
| | Present (both hands) | 210 (63.4%) | | | | Absent (both hands) | 49 (14.8%) | | | | Present (right hand) | 40 (12.1%) | | | | Present (left hand) | 32 (9.7) | | |
| | FDS versus dominant hand | Rt. hand | Lt. hand | |
| | Present (both hands) | 188 (63.9%) | 22 (59.4%) | value = 0.835 | | Absent (both hands) | 44 (14.9%) | 5 (13.5%) | | Present (right hand) | 35 (11.9%) | 5 (13.5%) | | Present (left hand) | 27 (9.1%) | 5 (13.5%) |
| | FDS versus gender | Male | Female | |
| | Present (both hands) | 118 (71.9%) | 92 (55.0%) | value = 0.001 | | Absent (both hands) | 17 (10.3%) | 32 (19.1%) | | Present (right hand) | 21 (12.8%) | 19 (11.3%) | | Present (left hand) | 8 (4.8%) | 24 (14.3%) |
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Significant value ≤ 0.05.
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