The wrist is a complex joint that marks the transition between the forearm and hand. It has many components, allowing it to do a range of movements. The radiocarpal joint is sometimes referred to as ...

April 21, 2004 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist and finger joints in healthy subjects occasionally shows changes resembling erosions and synovitis as seen in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ...

A scaphoid (carpal navicular) fracture is the displacement of one of the eight bones of the wrist joint. It is located between the radius bone of your forearm and the base of the thumb. You can ...

Kienbock’s disease is a rare bone disorder that affects the lunate, one of your eight wrist bones. The disorder prevents the lunate bone from receiving the necessary amount of blood supply. This lack ...

Researchers have developed a prosthetic joint that connects directly to the forearm bones of an amputee, allowing them to use a prosthesis with a wrist-like rotary movement. Use of the new joint could ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Traditionally, wrist fusion has been the gold standard for pan-carpal wrist arthritis due to low complication ...

A new artificial robotic wrist joint helps amputees regain natural wrist-like movements when using a prosthesis. There are two main motions when you flex or rotate your wrist. When you lay your hand ...

Hvidovre, Denmark - Although MRI is increasingly being used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), questions about this imaging modality remain. Among them is the issue of specificity—that is, are the changes ...

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