The hoes are widely used in the farms and home gardens in the United States. Many existing hoes are not ergonomically designed because they require a lot of back bending and wrist bending during use. Back bending often causes lower back injuries, and wrist bending often causes carpal tunnel syndrome. It can be very expensive to cure these injuries. The objective of this project is to reduce bac...

Carpal tunnel release is required to treat patients with severe carpal tunnel syndrome. The regional anesthesia of the upper limb by brachial plexus block (BPB) may be a good alternative to general anesthesia for carpal tunnel release surgery, because it results in less complications. However, the regional anesthesia still has various side effects, such as hematoma, infection, and peripheral ne...

AIM The present study was conducted to evaluate the equine palmar tendon by ultrasonography (USG) in standing the position. MATERIALS AND METHODS USG of palmar tendons was performed in 40 adult horses using linear transducer having frequency of 10-18 MHz (e-soate, My Lab FIVE) and L52 linear array transducer (Titan, SonoSite) with frequencies ranging from 8 to 10 MHz. Palmar tendon was divide...

In a study by Björksten et al. 1994 [1], approximately 60 % of female laboratory technicians who pipetted more than 300 hours per year, reported hand ailments. Buckle and David 1997 [2] reported that approximately 90 % of participants complained of problems in the hand area following continuous pipetting for 60 minutes. The possible health consequences of such strain in the laboratory are obvio...

Euphrates turtle is the only soft shell turtle of Iran, and unfortunately is in danger of extinction due to multiple reasons. Imaging techniques, in addition to their importance in diagnosis of injuries to animals, have been used as non-invasive methods to provide normal anatomic views. A few studies have been conducted to understand body structure of the Euphrates turtle. Since there is only g...

OBJECTIVE To present the characteristics and create awareness of symptomatic carpal bossing and discuss potential etiologies and the role of conservative management through the presentation of an athlete with traumatic onset of symptomatic carpal bossing. CLINICAL FEATURES This case report outlines the presentation and conservative management of an elite eighteen year old hockey player with s...

Cadaver forearms were tested to measure carpal bone separation and wrist ligament tension in response to MTS-based incremental wrist distraction. Distraction of 2 mm separated the proximal carpal row from the radius and transmitted an average tension of 8 N. The mid-carpal joint also began to widen at this level of distraction. Distraction of 4 mm resulted in an average tension of 20 N. At this...

OBJECTIVES During formula 1 driving, repetitive cumulative trauma may provoke nerve disorders such as nerve compression syndrome as well as osteoligament injuries. A study based on interrogatory and clinical examination of 22 drivers was carried out during the 1998 formula 1 World Championship in order to better define the type and frequency of these lesions. METHODS The questions investigate...

Introduction The median nerve courses through the carpal tunnel before entering the hand. Numerous descriptions of this pathway exist [1, 2], which state that the terminal branches of the median nerve bifurcate into radial and ulnar divisions, at the distal border of the transverse carpal ligament. Several variants exist and have been documented. Some variations describe the course of the thena...

Legend: O-CTR= open carpal tunnel release, E-CTR= endoscopic carpal tunnel release, CSA= cross sectional area, MN-UA: distance between the median nerve and ulnar neurovascular bundle, US= ultrasound, SD=standard deviation, p values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant and are highlighted with bold. Table 1. Overview of the data from the preoperative ultrasound evaluation of the p...