Palmar longitudinal scan of DIP joint
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The patient sits, hand supinated, arm supported. The probe is placed longitudinally on the palmar surface of the distal interphalangeal joint. Flexor digitorum profundis insertion at the base of the distal phalynx, middle phalynx and distal phalynx are visualised.
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