Management of Carpal Instability in Athletes

Hand Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-408

  Slade III, Joseph F ^a   Milewski, Matthew D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Biomechanics; Carpal fractures; Carpal instability; Scaphoid

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACE; CAPITATE BONE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAMATE BONE FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LUNATE BONE FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PISIFORM BONE FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SPLINTING; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIQUETRUM BONE FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL JOINTS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 67651116005     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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