A Case of Trapezium Avascular Necrosis Treated Conservatively by Evangelos Petsatodis, Konstantinos Ditsios, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Iosafat Pinto, Lazaros Kostretzis, Ioannis Theodoroudis, Mayia Pilavaki

“…Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the bones of the wrist most commonly involves the lunate followed by the proximal pole of the scaphoid and the capitate. …”
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SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR ANATOMICAL RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISTAL RADIOULNAR LIGAMENTS IN CHRONIC TRAUMATIC INJURY OF THE TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX by Nikola Simeonov, Kalin Angelov, Iliyana Marcheva, Elena Apostolu, Мargarita Kateva

“…The main parameters studied pre- and post-operatively were: degree of pain during active movements in the wrist joint and prono-supination of the forearm,range of active movements in the same joints, stability of DRUJ and grip strength relative to the contralateral limb.All 22 patients reported pain reduction with active wrist movements and forearm prono-supination.   …”
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Trapezoid Fracture Associated with Scaphoid Fracture in a Football Goalkeeper by Tetsuya Yamamoto, Takehiko Matsushita, Kenjiro Ito, Shinji Matsushima, Kazuya Yoshida, Ryosuke Kuroda

“…If there is sustained pain in the wrist and hand after punching, combined trapezoid and scaphoid fractures should be considered as the possible injury.…”
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Implication of inter-joint coordination on the limb symmetry index measured during the seated single-arm horizontal push test by Y. Blache, M. Degot, T. de Sousa, I. Rogowski

“…Humerothoracic, elbow and wrist joint contributions to the horizontal medicine ball velocity were computed. …”
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Posterior interosseous nerve lesion due to lipoma. Review of the literature and rare case presentation by Rojc Bojan, Golob Peter

“…Atraumatic posterior interosseous nerve lesions are commonly caused by lipomas of the forearm, manifesting as slow-progressing wrist and finger drop.…”
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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation on Improving Upper Extremity Motor Function in Stroke Patients Revealed by fMRI:a Controlled Study by Fangfang ZHENG, Huihua LIU, Tiebin YAN, Xiaokun JIN, Xiaohui DUAN, Jun SHEN

“…While the stroke group received FES on the affected wrist extensors and thumb abductors, the control group accepted FES on the same muscles in the left hand, and wrist extension and thumb abduction were induced by FES.Simutaneously, fMRI scans were conducted and the whole brain functional images were recorded.SPM2 was used to analyze image, the brain activation maps were acquired during attempted motor tasks in both groups, the active intensity and range of sensorimotor cortex (SMC) between two groups were compared. …”
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Skeletal age assessed by Greulich-Pyle: Intra-observer and inter-observer agreement among male pubertal tennis players. by Jorge M Celis-Moreno, Diogo V Martinho, Manuel J Coelho-E-Silva, Isabel Fragoso, Luís P Ribeiro, Élvio R Gouveia, Tomas Oliveira, João Gonçalves-Santos, Oscar M Tavares, Ricardo R Cayolla, Pedro Duarte-Mendes, Jan M Konarski, Robert M Malina, Gillian K Myburgh, Sean P Cumming, Lauren B Sherar

“…Skeletal age (SA) reflects changes in each bone of the hand and wrist from initial ossification to the adult state. …”
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ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY by SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA, YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI, SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE, OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO, NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE

“…Computer codes for RULA were written for quick and easy evaluation of upper arm, lower arm, wrist, wrist twist, neck, trunk and leg postures. …”
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HyPro: A Multi-DoF Hybrid-Powered Transradial Robotic Prosthesis by C. L. Semasinghe, R. K. P. S. Ranaweera, J. L. B. Prasanna, H. M. Kandamby, D. G. K. Madusanka, R. A. R. C. Gopura

“…The HyPro consists of two prosthetic units: hand and wrist that can achieve five grasping patterns such as power grasp, tip grasp, lateral grasp, hook grasp, and index point. …”
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Efektivitas Pemberian Mobilisasi Dini terhadap Tonus Otot, Kekuatan Otot, dan Kemampuan Motorik Fungsional Pasien Hemiparise Paska Stroke Iskemik by Reni Prima Gusty Gusty

“…Better improvement was obtained in muscle tone and muscle strength (shoulder, elbow, wrist, thigh, knee, ankle) and functional motor skills in the therapy group that received 3 times/day training compared to the 2 times/day group, with significance values: shoulder muscle strength p = 0.016; elbow muscles p = 0.037; wrist muscles p = 0.042; hamstring muscle p = 0.004; and ankle p = 0.050. …”
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The influence of anthropometric characteristics on swimming speed in adolescent swimmers by Jovica Peulić, Anja Obradović, Mila Vukadinović Jurišić, Jelena Obradović

“…Fifteen variables were measured: arm length, hand length, leg length, foot length, seat height, wrist diameter, ankle joint diameter, elbow diameter, chest circumference, triceps skinfold, forearm skinfold, abdominal skinfold, subscapular skinfold, thigh skinfold, calf skinfold. …”
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Exploring the potential cost-effectiveness and societal burden implications of screening for fracture risk in a UK general radiography setting by E. Söreskog, B. Lopez, T. Bean, P. Lewis, N. Ashley, J. Da Palma Lopes, R. Meertens, A. Ratcliffe

“…The aim of this study was to explore the potential cost-effectiveness and societal impact of opportunistic screening for fracture risk with IBEX Bone Health (BH), a software solution that provides bone mineral density from wrist radiographs, in a UK general radiography setting. …”
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The Role of Additional K-Wires on AO Type C Distal Radius Fracture Treatment with External Fixator in Young Population by Ivan Micic, Erica Kholinne, Yucheng Sun, Jae-Man Kwak, In-Ho Jeon

“…NYOH wrist scoring scale showed no significant difference between both groups at final follow-up. …”
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Clinical and Sonographic Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis by Sadiye MURAT, Bilinc DOGRUOZ KARATEKIN, Melisa ZENGIN

“…Both groups underwent wrist resting splinting, stretching, strengthening exercises for wrist extensors, and ice application. …”
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Evaluating Clinical Outcomes for Determining the Optimal Delay to Skin Incision under WALANT: A Prospective Series of 34 Patients from a Low-Resource Tertiary Setting by Alvin Hernandez, Mamer Rosario, Romina Mendoza-Torres, Carl Ryan Marino Taguba, Abigail Garcia, Geoffrey Battad

“…The authors aimed to propose the optimal time delay from local injection to skin incision for WALANT surgeries of the hand and wrist by analyzing intraoperative blood loss, postoperative pain scores, and complication rates. …”
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Osteoblastoma of the Os Capitatum by Çağrı Kaptan, Halil Atmaca

“…However, there are a few case reports of osteoblastoma in wrist and hand bones. To our knowledge, up to now, only one male patient with osteoblastoma in capitate bone was reported. …”
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A lightweight prosthetic hand with 19-DOF dexterity and human-level functions by Hao Yang, Zhe Tao, Jian Yang, Wenpeng Ma, Haoyu Zhang, Min Xu, Ming Wu, Shuaishuai Sun, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Liu Wang, Shiwu Zhang

“…Enabled by the high-power density of SMAs, the hand part (from the wrist to the fingertip) only weighs 0.22 kg, much lower than existing products. …”
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Validity and reliability International Classification of Diseases-10 codes for all forms of injury: A systematic review. by Sarah Paleczny, Nosakhare Osagie, Jai Sethi, Michael Cusimano

“…Transport and pedestrian injuries and hand and wrist injuries had high PPVs (96.5% and 92.0%, respectively). …”
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Forward Kinematics Analysis and Simulation for a Series Parallel Hybrid 7-DOF Humanoid Mechanical Arm based on MATLAB by Liu Jingjing, Peng Junquan, Liu Xinhua

“…The forward kinematics simulation of humanoid mechanical arm is carried out with Robotics toolbox of MATLAB,and then the continuous and smooth planning curves of joints angel and the Cartesian space trajectory of wrist are obtained. The simulation results show that the design parameters of humanoid mechanical arm are reasonable and can provide the basis for the optimal design of humanoid mechanical arm.…”
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The Effect of Resistance Strength Training on Muscle Cross Education: A Meta analysis by Yuan Hao Dong, Jiong Luo

“…The combined effect size is SMD=8.03, 95% CI:- 1.32，17.37， P＜0.01， 3) The degree to which cross education intervention enhances the strength of the gastrocnemius and wrist extensor muscles under resistance strength training is similar. …”
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