The wrist joint comprises eight carpal bones and is the most complex articular system in the human body. Each bone is capable of moving in different degrees or directions dependent on the position ...

A new wrist joint typically provides about 50 percent of a normal wrist range of motion, Butzen said. Hofman has a little more motion than is typical, but he has been working hard on it, he said.

Results published in The British Journal of Radiology showed use of a high-performance 0.55-Tesla MRI system may be feasible for imaging tissues of a moving wrist in real-time and may improve ...

If the fractured bones stay well aligned without displacement or angulation, the injury usually can be treated with a cast for four to six weeks followed by bracing and rehab to restore normal ...

Scapholunate dissociation is a disruption of the joint between two bones in your wrist. Learn about its causes, symptoms, treatment and long-term dangers.

It keeps the motion of your wrist bones stable and coordinated. When this bone gets displaced from its normal position, you feel severe pain in your hand and find it hard to lift heavy objects.

Using metal K-wires (commonly known as 'pins') to hold broken wrist bones in place while they heal are no better than a traditional molded plaster cast, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

Wrist size in overweight and obese children and adolescents appears closely related to insulin resistance, a metabolic condition in which the body is unable to use insulin efficiently to break ...

“The pisiform, in living birds, is an unusual wrist bone in that it initially forms within a muscle tendon, as do bones like your kneecap — but it comes to occupy the position of a ‘normal ...