Carpus

First apply the stirrups using white tape to the sides of the distal limb (can be medial and lateral sides or dorsal and palmar sides of the limb depending on the injury). The stirrups should extend from a point at or above the carpus or tarsus. Then you would apply a mesh like cover on the injured limb to prevent discomfort for the patient. Then a minimum of 2 layers of snugly placed cast padding is applied. Once the cast padding is applied we would then apply the Stretch gauze. When applying…

the progress report dated 06/20/16, the patient has a proximal row coalition with her scaphoid and lunate. She has pain mostly over the scaphotrapezotrapezoidal (STT) joint. On examination, patient is still sore mostly over the radial aspect of the carpus, primarily over the STT joint. She has some irritability. She has some stiffness in her wrist. Her contralateral side is about 65 degrees of extension and flexion; however, on the affected side, she is close to 50 degrees. She has…

When a child grows, they always develop gross motor skills, which are simply movements that they do day by day. However, nowadays, there’s only simple movements in the carpus and the neck. According to Cris Rowan on Huffington Post, young children should spend 2-3 hours of active, rough play to stimulate their gross motor skills. Instead, a roughly 75% of children have televisions in their bedrooms. So there is no interest…

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background To overcome the problems interconnected with manual involvement in production operations, it is essential to step towards automation. One such sector where manufacturer is focusing is on programmable robots. Robot is an electromechanical device which is used to do the specified work prescribed by the human beings. First robot was invented by George devol in 1954. Robots are controlled with the help of computers; the desired work is programmed with the…

The wrist or carpus is a highly mobile structure composed of many small bones and joints. In the anatomy of the human hand, a total of 13 bones form part of the wrist- eight carpal bones- scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate; and five metacarpal bones which are joined along with two long bones of the forearm- the radius and the ulna (Platzer 2004). This complex system of articulations works in unison to provide a global range of motion for the wrist…