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Gamekeeper’s Thumb Condition Outlives the Occupation
不是特定職業(yè)的人才有的職業(yè)病

You’ve heard of tennis elbow. Well, a friend of mine has gamekeeper’s thumb. When he told me his diagnosis, it rang a bell. So I went through the Scientific American archives. And found this:
網球肘大家都聽說過吧。可我有個朋友得了獵物看守者拇指，他跟我說的時候我就覺得耳熟，于是我跑去翻《科學美國人》往期資料，發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個：

“Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal joint trips off the tongue more agreeably as gamekeeper’s thumb. The name comes from the chronic ligament damage incurred by Scottish gamekeepers in the course of killing wounded rabbits.”
“掌指尺骨副韌帶損傷，通俗地說，就是獵物看守者拇指，這個名稱來源于蘇格蘭獵物看守者在宰殺受傷野兔時得的慢性韌帶損傷?！?/div>

The article that comes from quotes a physician named Kevin Math, that’s right, Dr. Math, who explained, “The gamekeepers would grasp the hare’s neck between the base of the thumb and index finger, and repetitively twist and hyperextend the neck. The activity would have to be repeated thousands of times before the ligament would get stressed to that degree.” Talk about curling your hare.
這篇文章引用的是凱文麥斯醫(yī)生之言，他的解釋是：“看守者會用拇指和食指掐住野兔的脖子，然后不斷扭動彎曲兔脖子。這樣反復成千上萬次，韌帶受到的壓力才會如此之大?！边@里說的是扭兔脖子。

The same thumb damage can result during a fall while skiing, from the torque of the pole strap. Doctors still refer to gamekeeper’s thumb more than skier’s thumb, even though schussers presumably outnumber bunny snuffers these days. My buddy’s was injured playing softball. So I’m happy to report that no animals were harmed in the making of his condition. For which we give him two thumbs up.
其實滑雪速降時受到皮帶扭轉力的作用， 拇指也會受到同樣的損傷。不過盡管現(xiàn)如今滑雪者遠遠多于宰兔者，醫(yī)生們仍沿用獵物看守者拇指這一說法，而少用滑雪者拇指這一說法。我朋友是扔壘球的時候受 的傷，因此我愉快地向大家宣布在此過程中無任何動物傷亡，為此，讓我們豎起大拇指鼓勵鼓勵他吧。

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