THE fact that man's productivity depends to a great extent upon the use of his hands leads the medical profession to a special concern in the patient with an injured hand. That this concern is not of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A reversed adipofascial flap in conjunction with skin grafting is an effective technique for the reconstruction of complex hand wounds, according to a study presented here. D. Nicole ...

If you have ever seen a child rapidly flapping their hands or rocking back and forth, you may have wondered what it means. These movements are natural, can be observed in many children with autism, ...

Maryland surgeons rebuilt a patient's entire thumb last month using a bone from his knee and a toe.MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Drs. James Higgins and Ryan Katz of the Curtis National Hand Center ...

There was a time when I considered Andrew’s arm flapping to be a maladaptive behavior; a piece of the autism puzzle that needed to be solved and put in its place. I worried that those wild flailing ...

Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...