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Title: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: krymson on November 06, 2013, 02:56:48 am
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=151709143 (http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=151709143)

some tendon in the middle of your wrist, visible when you touch pinky to thumb.  may "help climbing"

I've got both!  :punk: 
now just need to start climbing 8C...
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: kelvin on November 06, 2013, 08:11:22 am
I need more than two tendons to help with my climbing  :(
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: Muenchener on November 06, 2013, 09:18:13 am
My peroneus longus tendon sits on top of my ankle bone rather than behind it - a physio once told me he had never seen that before.
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: Nibile on November 06, 2013, 09:52:34 am
I think I'm missing both...
 :shrug:
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: ghisino on November 06, 2013, 10:05:30 am
I think I'm missing both...
 :shrug:

"Simpsons - The Movie" - Nelson Haha (Full HD) (10 Min) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmY9pXAAoC8#ws)
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: SA Chris on November 06, 2013, 10:21:15 am
I got one, but still climb shit. Go figure.
Title: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: tomtom on November 06, 2013, 10:36:49 am
I got one, but still climb shit. Go figure.

+1
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: psychomansam on November 06, 2013, 10:43:28 am
I got one, but still climb shit. Go figure.

+1

Got both. Still fat.
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: Tommy on November 06, 2013, 11:04:24 am
Abstract

The palmaris longus tendon is the most frequently harvested tendon for reconstructive plastic and hand surgical procedures. A question patients often ask is whether loss of the palmaris longus will result in any functional deficit. In order to answer this question, the presence or absence of the palmaris longus muscle was clinically determined in 418 normal Asian subjects. All subjects also had their grip and pinch strengths measured. No statistically significant difference was seen in the grip or pinch strength measurements between subjects who had a palmaris longus tendon and those who did not. This study demonstrates that absence of the palmaris longus is not associated with a decrease of grip or pinch strength.

Feel any better?  :)
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: SA Chris on November 06, 2013, 11:32:43 am
So what does it do then, or is it like your appendix or a dew claw?
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: duncan on November 06, 2013, 11:51:10 am
The PL attaches distally to the skin of palm and flexes the wrist. It will not influence finger strength but could be the crucial difference in hanging slopers. Mine are present in both hands so I need to be more imaginative in my excuses.

It probably is an evolutionary relic. Our ancestors would have used it fridge-hugging up trees when escaping from sabre-tooth tigers.
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: Ti_pin_man on November 06, 2013, 11:58:15 am
Mine are present in both hands so I need to be more imaginative in my excuses.

+1 - off to look for more excuses :alky:
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: magpie on November 07, 2013, 12:56:45 pm
Yeah I have both as well and I am not exactly an elite climber. :)
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: wolfgang on November 30, 2013, 08:20:37 pm
 :goodidea:what a load of rubbish!
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: TwistTheNeil on December 07, 2013, 05:39:35 pm
Does this mean i have two of them on one hand?
(http://s18.postimg.org/3mqn1fz2t/2013_12_07_12_34_52.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/3mqn1fz2t/)
Title: Re: 16% of the population is missing this tendon
Post by: tomtom on December 07, 2013, 07:57:59 pm
I've got three... :p
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