BACKGROUND Despite the increasing popularity of wrist-cuff blood pressure (BP) devices, their accuracy has not been established and international guidelines do not support their use. Because arm position influences BP measurement, it is possible that conflicting reports on wrist-cuff device accuracy reflects diverse arm positions. METHOD This study compared BP measured by two oscillometric de...

BACKGROUND Although self-assessment questionnaires for the wrist joint are numerous, most validation studies focus on a specific pathology and patient collectives. In addition the available questionnaires focus on subjective parameters such as pain, usual and specific activities but the range of motion (ROM) as an essential objective parameter in wrist disorders is rarely considered. Therefore ...

OBJECTIVES A "proof-of-concept" study to examine the feasibility of wearing an Actigraph GT3X+ at the Chest (resembling a neck pendant) for physical activity measurement. DESIGN A convenience sample of 45 healthy adults (23 male, mean age 20.0±4.5 years) was included in data analysis. METHODS Participants simultaneously wore three GT3X+ accelerometers, on the Waist, Wrist, and Chest and com...

Persian Medicine (PM) uses wrist temperature/humidity and pulse to determine a person's health status temperament. However, the diagnosis may depend on physician's interpretation, hindering combination of PM with modern medical methods. This study proposes system for measuring signals temperament detection based PM. The recorded thermal distribution, questionnaire, customized measurement device...

conclusion high-resolution mr images of the wrist using 3d t2space, pd blade and t2 blade were superior to those using conventional sequences quantitatively. high-snr and cnr mr imaging with space and blade would be a promising method to diagnose wrist lesions. results snr of the cartilage, tfcc on 3d t2space and t1 fse was better than other sequences (p < 0.001). snr of the bone on pd blade wa...

BACKGROUND Wrist anthropometrics and posture have been implicated in the development of carpal tunnel syndrome, yet it remains unclear how external measurements relate to carpal tunnel parameters in neutral and non-neutral postures. The purposes of this study were (i) to evaluate the effect of slice orientation on several indices of carpal tunnel size and shape and (ii) to examine the relations...

OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to investigate the association of wrist circumference with major cardio metabolic risk factors. METHODS This study was conducted in 2005-2007 among 3000 first-degree relatives of diabetic patients in Isfahan, Iran. RESULTS Overall, 1709 (386 males and 1323 females) participants were enrolled in this study. The association of wrist circumference with cardio-...

Background: This study investigates the dart-throwing motion (DTM) by comparing an inertial measurement unit-based system previously validated for basic tasks with optoelectronic capture system. The DTM is interesting as wrist movement during many activities of daily living occur in this plane, but complex difficult to assess clinically. Methods: Ten healthy subjects were recorded while perform...

BACKGROUND Vascularized bone-grafting pedicled on 1,2 intercompartmental supraretinacular artery (1,2 ICSRA) has been recommended as a treatment alternative for established scaphoid nonunion complicated with proximal pole avascular necrosis (AVN). Previous reports focused the studies on the union rate and the revascularization of the transferred graft. However, the postoperative wrist stiffness...

Human can successfully grasp various objects in different acceptable relative positions between human hand and objects. This grasp functionality can be described as the grasp tolerance of human hand, which is a significant functionality of human grasp. To understand the motor control of human hand completely, an analysis of hand and wrist postural synergies in tolerance grasping of various obje...