Carpal Bone Injuries eMedicine Sports

Description: The carpus, or wrist, is a complex joint that provides abduction and adduction in the frontal plane of the upper extremity, extension and flexion for hand movements, and supination and pronation in the coronal plane.
Synonyms and related keywords: wrist bone injuries, wrist injuries, wrist sprain, broken wrist, sprained wrist, wrist fracture, fractured wrist, forearm injury, carpus injuries, wrist dislocation, carpus dislocation, wrist joint, greenstick fracture, Colles fracture, Smith fracture, reverse Colles fracture, pseudocarpal injury, pseudo carpal injury, Galeazzi fracture, Monteggia fracture, dorsal dislocation, volar dislocation, distal radius fracture, scaphoid fracture, lunate fracture, traumatic carpal tunnel syndrome, CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, perilunate dislocation, Hutchinson fracture
Author: Bryan Hoynak, MD 2007