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This tendon is commonly used for tendon transfers and as a donor for tendon graft. There are numerous clinical tests to detect the presence of PL like Schaeffer's test, Thompson's test, Mishra's test I, Mishra's test II, Pushpakumar's \u201ctwo-finger sign\u201d method, and AIIMS test. The principle of all these tests is to make the tendon prominent by eliciting its flexor action and then its identification by inspection and palpation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Objectives\u2003The tests that are consistently easy to perform with good understandability would be easy to explain to the general population (patients). The aim of our study is to find out the accuracy and easy comprehensibility of various tests using compulsive postures for detecting PL tendon clinically.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Materials and Methods\u2003This is a prospective study on 137 participants. All the patients were subjected to six clinical tests to detect the presence or absence of PL tendon. The results were recorded for both hands by a single observer.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003Of the 137 participants, 75 were males (54.74%) and 62 were females (45.26%). The mean age was 21 years. The AIIMS test showed the maximum number of tendons, that is, 113 (82.4%) in the right hand and 108 (78.8%) in the left hand. In view of the ability to comprehend the tests, 119 (86.9%) subjects understood Schaeffer's test very easily.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003According to this study, the AIIMS test best demonstrates the PL tendon, and Schaeffer's test was the test most easily understood by the subjects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0043-1774788","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,25]],"date-time":"2023-09-25T23:03:57Z","timestamp":1695683037000},"page":"426-430","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Assessing the Accuracy of Common Clinical Tests for Detecting Palmaris Longus: A Prospective Study in a Tertiary Center"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"56","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1647-6084","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anand Prasath","family":"Jayachandiran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9832-3657","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suresh","family":"Rajendran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tanuja","family":"U.S","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8214-8871","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Surya Rao Rao Venkata","family":"Mahipathy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alagar Raja","family":"Durairaj","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5308-2375","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Narayanamurthy","family":"Sundaramurthy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manoj","family":"Ananthappan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,25]]},"reference":[{"issue":"02","key":"ref1","first-page":"104","article-title":"Clinical assessment of the palmaris longus: accuracy of common tests","volume":"9","author":"J W Kigera","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann Afr Surg"},{"issue":"12","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e28997","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0028997","article-title":"Frequency of agenesis palmaris longus through clinical examination: an East African study","volume":"6","author":"J W Kigera","year":"2011","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"ref3","first-page":"1","article-title":"Anatomic variation of palmaris longus and flexor digitorum superficialis of little finger in Indian population","author":"A Mugalur","year":"2015","journal-title":"SICOT J"},{"key":"ref4","first-page":"275","article-title":"On the variations of the palmaris longus muscle","volume":"3","author":"J P Schaeffer","year":"1909","journal-title":"Anat Rec"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"321","DOI":"10.4103\/ijps.IJPS_105_18","article-title":"Two new clinical tests for palmaris longus","volume":"51","author":"R M Shenoy","year":"2018","journal-title":"Indian J Plast Surg"},{"issue":"02","key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"184","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bjps.2003.11.024","article-title":"The \u201ctwo finger\u201d sign. 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