Wrist

Ulnocarpal Impaction Syndrome Ulnocarpal impaction syndrome is a condition in which tissue in the wrist (fibrocartilage) becomes damaged (impacted). This causes wrist pain on the side of the little finger (ulnar side). This often happens when one bone in the forearm (ulna) is longer than the other bone (radius). The ulna pushes against the wrist bones and pinches the fibrocartilage. If this condition is not treated, the fibrocartilage may eventually tear or wear away and become very painful.…

Well basically carpel tunnel syndrome is a disease where the patient feels a tingling sensation in their hands and arms. He might feel that his hand or arm has gone numb. This disease is mainly caused by the twisting of the nerve that goes to the wrist of the patient. This problem can be caused due to a number of reasons, including the nature of the work done by the hands, the forceful and sudden movements of the hands even sudden jerks done to the hand can cause carpet tunnel syndrome. What is…

This arm was designed particularly for Cartee’s left arm. Cartee’s has no elbow on her left arm. She has one degree of freedom at her wrist joint and at her finger joint. Her wrist is very small and she has two short conjoined fingers extending off of it that curve towards the right. Her forearm extending from her wrist is curved towards the left. Because of her very limited range of motion, this design relies fundamentally on electronics to be actuated. The prosthetic hand that this arm design…

with unspecified injury of muscles and tendon of the rotator cuff of right shoulder-sequela. Per Doctor’s First Report of Occupational Injury dated 4/9/2016, patient has been experiencing pain in the right wrist, arm, lower back and neck. She states she fractured her right wrist and was given a wrist splint. She is not improving after her treatments.…

This case review involved a 19-year-old male football play who is currently a freshman in college. He came into the athletic training room complaining of right wrist pain. This athlete has had pain in this wrist for a couple of mouths and had only every taped the wrist two weeks prior to coming into the athletic training room for his first treatment. Even before coming in, he was able to do every drill or exercise at practice to completion. He only reported feeling pain during practice when he…

phases, the dribbling phase, the stepping phase and the jumping/landing phase. The muscles used are forearm, biceps, trapezius, deltoids, gastrocnemius, quads, wrist. The layup uses a lot of flexion and extension of muscles and joints. In the dribbling phase your quads and gastrocnemius are very active, same with your arms and wrist. The wrist is constantly flexing and extending to rhythmically bounce the ball up and down the court. The elbow joint is responsible for flexing and extending your…

left leg to her knee. She states her symptoms increase with standing, bending, lifting and sitting, and decrease with rest, medications and walking. She also complains of constant right forearm pain, rated as 8- 9/10. The pain starts in her right wrist and radiates up her forearm to her right elbow. She also has a numbness, tingling, and stiffness sensation. The pain increases when lifting, and decreases with medications. She also complains of persistent depression and insomnia due to pain,…

Multiple small joints that work together in the hand and wrist allow for a wide range of motion. When a person has hand and wrist arthritis, daily tasks may be painful and difficult to perform. Along with pain, the symptoms of hand and wrist arthritis are inflammation and stiffness. In the Huntington Beach area, finding the best treatment option will help in reducing the symptoms of hand and wrist arthritis. Finding a Specialist for Hand and Wrist Arthritis In the Huntington Beach area, finding…

sized paperclips on different body parts. The perceived distance of the paperclips, were rated on a scale of 0 to 2; zero meaning equal, one meaning shorter and two meaning longer. There were three conditions; the Finger-Wrist condition, the Finger-Forearm condition, and the Wrist-Forearm condition. 20-psychology students participated in the study. All 20 participants participated in all three conditions. The 20 participants consisted of 13 females and 7 males, with age ranging between 19 and 45…

acupuncture progress report dated 08/20/15, the patient has attended 8 sessions for her right arm/shoulder. MRI of the right wrist obtained on 01/11/16 showed a variant ulnar anatomy and lunotriquetral coalition and probable tear of the scapholunate ligament. Per the medical report dated 02/12/16,…