The 'HOCKEY-STICK' CREASE - A characteristic in CHARGE- & fetal alcohol syndrome

Upendrasingh Bhadoriya wrote:Dear Martijn
My one confusion regarding formations of palm Is it possible to recognized formation of hand in childhood?

Hello U.B, sorry... I am afraid that I don't understand your question. Can you please specify your question with a few more words?


PS. Or did I understand your question correctly... ...maybe you only want to know: if one can recognize the 'hockey-stick' crease also in the hand of a child?

A typical CHARGE hand displays a combination of the following characteristics: square hand, short fingers, finger-like thumb, and hockey-stick palmar crease.

Upendrasingh Bhadoriya wrote:

A typical CHARGE hand displays a combination of the following characteristics: square hand, short fingers, finger-like thumb, and hockey-stick palmar crease.

Hence this question has aroused.

Okay, now I understand!
(Your quote comes from the blog post that I mentioned where I describe the typical hand characteristics for 'CHARGE syndrome')

CHARGE syndrome is characterised by not only a 'square palm', but also a 'square face' + 'square head' (+ facial asymmetry).

And because CHARGE syndrome is typically recognized at a rather early age, I am quite sure that the palms of these (young) persons already show a more square-like palm shape, which is (probably) broader than the hands of far most other children.

So, yes: one can not assess adult hand shape from the hand of a child - but in CHARGE syndrome the palm is more square-shaped than in other children


By the way... a likewise tendency can be observed in Down's syndrome & fragile x syndrome... which are both also characterised by a relatively broad palm!! So, the characteristic of a 'square hand' should in this context not be associated with the typical characteristics of a SQUARE HAND SHAPE as defined by the palmistry literature.


I hope this all makes sense now!?


PS. The pictures below are examples of a CHARGE syndrome hand at a very early age (left hand in picture 1); plus a CHARGE syndrome hand at a slightly older age (picture 2):

Upendrasingh Bhadoriya wrote:Dear Martijn ,
Now my doubt is clear here square palm means suppose square looking hand of a child which may not be remains square when he/she become adult. And your statement is also not related to traditional square hand of palmistry.

Okay U.B., great to hear that my answer was useful for you!!

By the way, I would like to add... that just like in Down's syndrome and fragile X-syndrome the palm shape will likely not show significant changes when CHARGE syndrome people grow older - so I would expect that the hands of people who have CHARGE syndrome will display sort of the same 'square palm shape' in their adulthood.

jeanette wrote:Hi Martijin,
All that information is so good and informative and thanks so much for it.
However, I am still wondering about the Suwon Crease. I think I could recognise it, but what it is showing? Thanks,
Jeanette.

Hi Jeanette,

It might take years before we can provide reliable interpretations for the 'Suwon crease' - so far I have described my thoughts & observations in the following discussion:
https://www.modernhandreadingforum.com/iiih-news-that-relates-to-the-activity-of-reading-hands-f15/report-korean-researchers-discovered-the-suwon-crease-only-observed-in-males-t199.htm?highlight=suwon

... next year I hope to be able to present more materials (beyond the possible connection with high IQ).

[But let's focuss this topic on the 'Hockey-stick crease'; further comments regarding the 'Suwon crease' are welcome in the above mentioned discussion]

Felicity Martin wrote:Hi Martijn

Thanks for you wonderful articles on the various disorders, environmentally or heritable...

I was wondering , given that alcohol is the world's leading teratogen , does the hockey stick crease affect to some degree all the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder range? Or does it affect those with the most severe form with accompanying facial, cognitive etc, Fetal Alcohol Sydrome?
Does it also appear on the partial- Fetal Alcohol Disorder? I was wondering whether it also appears on the Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder as well given the connection of the hand to brain with the related neurocognitive impacts on memory, attention etc?

Cheers Felicity