TY  - JOUR
AU  - Karimi-Jashni, Hojjatollah 
AU  - Rahmanian, Karamatollah 
AU  - Jahromi, Abdolreza Sotoodeh 
PY  - 2013
TI  - AGENESIS OF PALMARIS LONGUS IN SOUTHERN OF IRAN: A POPULATION BASED STUDY
JF  - OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ojbsci.2014.8.11
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2014.8.11
AB  - The Palmaris Longus (PL) muscle is a weak flexor muscle with wide prevalence of agenesis in world. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of agenesis of PL in a southern population of Iran. A total of 732 subjects aged 7-86 years were selected randomly. The participants were primarily asked to do the standard test (Schaeffer’s test). Four tests were done for confirmation of the absence of the tendon in the subjects. The overall agenesis of muscle in both genders was 30.7±1.7%. This prevalence was more in females than in males (38.6 Vs. 22.7%, p