What does digital clawing indicate?

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The ulnar nerve in the forearm innervates only the flexor carpi ulnaris and the median half of the flexor digitorum profundus.It travels down the volar forearm through the canal of Guyon,innervating the intrinsic muscles of the hand,including the palmaris brevis,abductor digiti minimi,opponens digiti minimi,flexor digiti minimi,dorsal and volar interossei,third and fourth lumbricals,and medial head of the flexor pollicis brevis.The sensory distribution of the ulnar nerve is the dorsal and volar surfaces of the small finger ray and the ulnar half of the dorsal and volar surface of the ring finger ray.

What Does Digital Clawing Indicate