Identification of Lister’s tubercle is key to locating the distal radius and the scapholunate ligament, which holds together the scaphoid and lunate bones of the wrist. 3,4 On the dorsal side of ...

Most people are able to regain full wrist function. The forearm is made up of two bones: the radius and the ulna. The radius is the larger of the two and connects the elbow to the "thumb side" of ...

Chronic pain has a way of reminding us of the body parts we often take for granted—particularly our hands and wrists. When simple daily tasks cause ongoing pain on the thumb side of your wrist, you ...

The hand, wrist and elbow can be affected by all forms ... and often a squared appearance on the radial side of the base of the thumb (“shoulder sign”) due to joint subluxation.

The radial nerve is responsible for extending the wrist and fingers. It also controls sensation in part of the hand. Radial injury often causes numbness and tingling or burning pain. It can also ...

In the acute stage there is severe pain over the radial side of the wrist joint, especially on motion of the thumb. The pain is localized directly over the styloid of the radius, with radiation ...

The DRUJ injury is an injury of the distal radial ulnar joint ... either or without a wrist fracture, pain that is predominantly over the end of the ulna (pinky side) long bone is a DRUJ injury ...

Criteria have been established for determining the quality of the lateral wrist radiograph. The lateral view should span from the distal radius to the base of the metacarpal bones. A good lateral ...

The approach, using the radial artery in the wrist, is not widely practiced in the United States, according to an analysis of almost 600,000 catheterizations in a national database, said a report ...

The wrist consists of eight small bones that connect to two long bones in the forearm: the ulna and the radius. The radius is on the same side as the thumb, and the ulna is on the same side as the ...

A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called ... close to where it connects to the bones of the hand on the thumb side of the wrist. Colles' fractures are very common ...

Checking the pulse is a way of measuring the heartbeat. Suitable places to take a pulse are on the wrist (radial pulse) or on the side of the neck. The arteries run close to the skin in these areas.