This study determined the reliability of muscle function and sensory perception measures of the wrist extensors. The test-retest reliability of the measurements was determined by an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), coefficient of variation (CV), standard error of measurements (SEMs), and one-way repeated measures ANOVA using the values collected from 25 young (20.6 +/- 1.3 years) healt...

abstract background: the measurement of hand grip strength has several clinical applications to evaluate chronic hand disability, response to treatment, and work capacity after hand injury. methods: we measured hand grip strength of 41 adults and compared their maximum strength with radiographic indices. results: there was a significant relationship between hand grip strength and carpal height,...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic maneuvers are associated with a high incidence of musculoskeletal injuries. OBJECTIVE To quantify wrist motion patterns during simulated endoscopic procedures to identify potential causes of endoscopy-related overuse injury. DESIGN Twelve endoscopists with different levels of experience were tested on 2 simulated endoscopic procedures that differed in their level of di...

BACKGROUND Scaphoid malunion alters the carpal kinematics and impairs clinical outcome because of pain, weakness, restricted range of motion and predisposing the wrist joint to early osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the scaphoid morphological angles on clinical outcomes in patients with reconstructed scaphoid by non-vascularized bone graft. METHODS Sevent...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of wrist working splints after a period of splinting in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS We performed a 4-week randomized controlled trial among 33 RA patients with wrist arthritis. Patients were randomly allocated to the splinting group (n = 17) or the control group (n = 16). Patients in the splinting group received a prefabricated wrist ...

Even when the muscles surrounding a joint are inactive, they still exert a damping effect on joint mobility, because of the passive elastic tension exerted by the stretched muscle fibres and their connective tissue (Clemmesen, 1951). For example, if the forearm muscles are allowed to relax and the forearm is then shaken violently, the hand will swing loosely at the wrist; however, if the experi...

PURPOSE To quantify and compare the disabilities caused by reduced and absent wrist motion using objective measurements of task performance and perceived disability, and to assess the compensatory motions of the shoulder, elbow, forearm, and trunk caused by impaired wrist motion. METHODS A clinical study of 21 normal subjects was done to measure physical performance and to assess wrist functi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate clinical and radiological differences between joint destruction in the wrist and the feet in patients with RA. METHODS A cross-sectional clinical study was conducted in an RA cohort at a single institution. Clinical data included age, sex and duration of disease. Laboratory data included sero-positivity for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody and RF. Radi...

Amaç: El bileği patolojileri belirli anatomik paternlerle ilişkili olduğundan, radyografik görüntülerden elde edilen el kemiklerine ait parametreler tanı ve tedavi için oldukça önem taşımaktadır. Çalışmamızda, yetişkin bireylere radyoğrafilerinden morfometrik ölçümlerin cerrahi yönden incelemeyi amaçlamaktayız. Materyal metod: Çalışmamız retrospektif bir çalışma olup, 2012-2022 yılları arasında...