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Here we explain the common and less common causes of wrist pain by specific location or area. Dorsal wrist pain is located at the back of the wrist. It subdivides into radial (thumb side), central and Ulnar (little finger side) zones.
They run on both sides on the outside of your wrist and hold your wrist in place. Volar carpal ligaments: Ligaments that support and stabilize the bottom (palmar side) of your wrist. Dorsal radiocarpal ligaments: Ligaments that support and stabilize the back side of your wrist.
Palmar radiocarpal – located on the palmar (anterior) side of the joint. It passes from the radius to both rows of carpal bones. Its function, apart from increasing stability, is to ensure that the hand follows the forearm during supination. Dorsal radiocarpal – Found on the dorsum (posterior) side of the hand.
What is Dorsal Wrist Syndrome? Dorsal wrist syndrome is actually the most common cause of wrist pain on the thumb side of the wrist. It is worse or made worse: When the wrist is bent backwards. The pain is worse with heavy-lifting. Patients sometimes have pain with heavy gripping…
The wrist joint, or the radiocarpal joint, is a crucial connection between the forearm and hand. It allows various movements like bending, straightening, side-to-side, and twisting. This joint is like a modified ball and socket, allowing flexibility while maintaining stability.
The wrist includes three joints: the distal radioulnar joint, the radiocarpal joint and the midcarpal joint. The movements at the wrist are flexion and extension, radial and ulnar deviation and pronation and supination (at the distal radioulnar joint). Optimal wrist function requires adequate range of motion.
Intersection Syndrome : Pain is felt on top of the forearm where the two muscles that connect to the thumb (APL and EPB) cross over the underlying wrist tendons (ECRL and ECRB). Extensor Tenosynovitis : Irritation of the tendons located in the fourth extensor compartment.
FOOSH injuries. Sources. + Show all. Articular surfaces. Scaphoid bone. Os scaphoideum. 1/3. Synonyms: none. The radiocarpal joint is an articulation between the distal portion of the radius and three of the four proximal carpal bones; the scaphoid, lunate and triquetrum.
Dorsal wrist impingement, also known as dorsal capsulitis is a condition that causes pain and inflammation in the back (dorsal) side of the wrist. It occurs when the dorsal wrist capsule, the soft tissue that surrounds the bones and ligaments in the wrist, becomes thickened and inflamed, leading to pinching or impingement in the back of the wrist.
In dorsal wrist impingement syndrome, the capsule (joint lining) becomes thickened and gets pinched in the back of the joint when the wrist is extended. Specifically, the capsule is pinched between the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon and the scaphoid bone.