Forearm extensor group

Looks like

The muscles on the back of the forearm, sharing one tendon origin at the outer elbow.

What it does

Straighten the wrist and fingers and hold the hand steady for gripping.

Keeping it well

Technique and breaks from gripping; their shared origin is what hurts in tennis elbow.

Its parts

• Abductor pollicis longus
• Brachioradialis
• Extensor carpi radialis brevis
• Extensor carpi radialis longus
• Extensor carpi ulnaris
• Extensor digiti minimi
• Extensor digitorum
• Extensor indicis
• Extensor pollicis brevis
• Extensor pollicis longus

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Compartment syndrome
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Lymphangitis
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus