We used the Ilizarov method in seven patients with severe congenital radial club hands who had had previous wrist surgery, to correct residual shortening and bowing of the ulna together with recurrent wrist deformity. The mean age at operation was 6.5 years. The mean ulnar shortening was 5.3 cm and the mean angular deformity 42 degrees. The mean length gained was 51% of the original ulna. The m...

The objective of this study was to reveal characteristics of muscle strength of upper extremities of wheelchair (WC) basketball players and to ensure more-specific training program preparation. Isokinetic muscle strength of 12 WC basketball players were assessed by ISOMED 2000 device. The assessment protocol was evaluated at 60°/sec velocity with 5 times repeated force and at 240°/sec with 15 t...

Quantitative evaluation of motor functions of patients with cerebellar ataxia is vital for evidence-based treatments and has been a focus in previous investigations of movement kinematics. Due to redundancy of the musculoskeletal system, muscle activities contain more information than the movement kinematics. Therefore, it is preferable to analyze causal anomalies of muscle activities to evalua...

OBJECTIVES MRI has been proposed as the imaging method of choice to evaluate the long-term outcome in patients with early arthritis. The role of dynamic MRI, performed at presentation, in predicting the outcome of patients with early arthritis has been addressed in the present study. METHODS 39 patients with early arthritis, involving at least one wrist, were studied with clinical visits and ...

The robot described in this paper, SUE (Supinator Extender), adds forearm/wrist rehabilitation functionality to the UCI BONES exoskeleton robot and to the ArmeoSpring rehabilitation device. SUE is a 2-DOF serial chain that can measure and assist forearm supination-pronation and wrist flexion-extension. The large power to weight ratio of pneumatic actuators allows SUE to achieve the forces neede...

background there is considerable variation in the treatment of distal forearm torus fractures (dftf), from soft bandaging to cast immobilization. objectives the present study aimed to show the result of removable wrist splint (rws) in the treatment of these fractures. materials and methods one hundred forty two children aged less than 17 years old with dftf were studied prospectively. these pat...

BACKGROUND Radiography is the most widely available imaging modality. Precise evaluations of wrist x-ray can help diagnosis and evaluate the prognosis of many wrist disorders. METHODS We measured length, angles and indices in 150 posteroanterior and lateral wrist x-rays to determine normal dimensions and variations according to age and sex. All x-rays were made with standard exposure, with th...