An approach to the diagnosis of chronic wrist pain
| Autor: | S.G. Royle, S.P. Hodgson, J.K. Stanley |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Cartilage Articular Male Wrist Joint medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Radiography Joint Dislocations Pain Ulna Wrist pain Wrist Arthroscopy medicine Humans Single-Blind Method Lunate Bone Prospective Studies Range of Motion Articular Prospective cohort study Carpal Bones Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Decision Trees Middle Aged Arthralgia Tenderness Radius medicine.anatomical_structure Chronic Disease Physical therapy Etiology Surgery Female medicine.symptom Joint Diseases Range of motion business Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Annales de chirurgie de la main et du membre superieur : organe officiel des societes de chirurgie de la main = Annals of hand and upper limb surgery. 13(3) |
| ISSN: | 1153-2424 |
| Popis: | A clinical algorithm was developed to help to establish a diagnosis in patients with chronic wrist pain. The accuracy of the algorithm was examined in a prospective blind study of 40 patients presenting to the Hand Unit with undiagnosed wrist pain and compared with the later findings at arthroscopy, which were believed to be as accurate as currently possible. Using simple examination techniques and conventional radiographs, an accurate diagnosis was made in 80% of cases. Examination techniques including the scapholunate shear test and the presence of local tenderness or pseudostability were found to be particularly accurate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|