Adductor Pollicis – Stretching

Joe Muscolino

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    The adductor pollicis (of the central compartment group) is stretched with abduction and extension of the thumb at the metacarpophalangeal joint.

     

    The central compartment is composed of the:

    • adductor pollicis
    • lumbricals manus
    • palmar interossei
    • dorsal interossei manus

     

    The adductor pollicis (of the central compartment group) is stretched with abduction and extension of the thumb at the metacarpophalangeal joint.

    The adductor pollicis (of the central compartment group) is stretched with abduction and extension of the thumb at the metacarpophalangeal joint.