This study compared the effects of a simple versus complex contraction pattern on the acquisition, retention, and transfer of maximal isometric strength gains and reductions in force variability. A control group (N = 12) performed simple isometric contractions of the wrist flexors. An experimental group (N = 12) performed complex proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) contractions cons...

Methods 17-year-old female gymnast, left hand dominant, started hand therapy 8 weeks after a vascularised medial femoral trochlea osteochrondral flap reconstruction to her right wrist. Initial status, 8 weeks post-operation: AROM fingers full; AROM wrist extension 20°; AROM wrist flexion 15°; AROM wrist radial deviation 8°; AROM wrist ulnar deviation 8°; AROM pronation 70°; AROM supination 90°;...

This report is of a 32 year old man who presented with complains of pain, swelling and deformity of right wrist of four weeks duration. He gave history of road traffic accident four weeks back leading to injury to right wrist; Preoperative radiographs and C.T. scan images were suggestive of trans-scaphoid dislocation of the proximal row of wrist. A volar and dorsal approach were used to reduce ...

The hand and wrist are rare sites for tuberculosis (TB) and account for < 1% of all skeletal TB. Though rare, TB of the wrist is a cause of major morbidity. A common feature in the available reports on wrist TB is a delay in diagnosis causing residual stiffness and pain after treatment. Although TB of the wrist has a varied presentation, the majority of lesions respond to conservative treatment...

From a mechanical point of view, the wrist represents the most complex joint in the body, providing a large range of motion in the flexion-extension (FE) and radial-ulnar-deviation (RUD) planes. Anatomically, the wrist could be divided into two carpal rows. Deeper insight into wrist biomechanics is highly desirable, because the complex wrist structure causes a variety of possible injuries and t...

The wrist is a complex anatomical structure composed of 3 joints: radiocarpal, midcarpal and distal radioulnar joints these joints provide relatively little bony stability. The stability of the wrist is provided by the soft tissues. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease of the soft tissues. It affects the synovium and therefore most of these stabilizing structures of the wrist causing pain, deformi...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the progression of erosions at sites within the carpus, in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and plain radiology over a two year period. METHODS Gadolinium enhanced MRI scans of the dominant wrist were performed in 42 patients with RA at baseline (within six months of symptom onset) and one year. Plain wrist radiogr...

BACKGROUND Certain hand activities cause deformation and displacement of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel due to the gliding motion of tendons surrounding it. As smartphone usage escalates, this raises the public's concern whether hand activities while using smartphones can lead to median nerve problems. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to 1) develop kinematic graphs and 2) investig...

National Cooperative Growth Study substudy VII was conducted 1) to compare standardized hand-wrist and knee bone age determinations in pubertal children treated with growth hormone (GH); 2) to compare local determinations of bone ages with centrally determined bone ages; 3) to relate the response to GH therapy to the bone age determinations; and 4) to ascertain the predictive value of each type...