Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
November 20, 2009
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Krystle A. Hearns, MA
Timothy M. Wright, PhD
Kathleen N. Meyers, MS
As this is a cadaver study, there is no subject recruitment.
Human cadaver thumb specimens under the age of 64 will be included in this study. The origin and insertion points of the ulnar collateral ligament and radial collateral ligament of the thumb MP joint will be identified and these attachment points will be used to anatomically reconstruct a new ligament. Range of motion and stability testing will be conducted on the native intact and reconstructed ligaments.
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Krystle Hearns MA, Co-Director of Research, CHArm Center
hearnsk@hss.edu
212.774.7519