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Wrist pain. Wrist pain or open wrist is a syndrome inhibiting use of a hand due to pain in anatomical structures of the wrist. [1] It most commonly results from an injury to a ligament. [1] The pain may be sharp from a traumatic injury or from chronic repetitive wrist activities. [1]
Wrist osteoarthritis. Wrist osteoarthritis is gradual loss of articular cartilage and hypertrophic bone changes (osteophytes). While in many joints this is part of normal aging (senescence), in the wrist osteoarthritis usually occurs over years to decades after scapholunate interosseous ligament rupture or an unhealed fracture of the scaphoid.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints. [ 1 ] It typically results in warm, swollen, and painful joints. [ 1 ] Pain and stiffness often worsen following rest. [ 1 ] Most commonly, the wrist and hands are involved, with the same joints typically involved on both sides of the body. [ 1 ]
De Quervain syndrome occurs when two tendons that control movement of the thumb become constricted by their tendon sheath in the wrist. [3][5][6] This results in pain and tenderness on the thumb side of the wrist. [3] Radial abduction of the thumb is painful. [6] On some occasions, there is uneven movement or triggering of the thumb with radial ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a nerve compression syndrome associated with the collected signs and symptoms of compression of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an idiopathic syndrome but there are environmental, and medical risk factors associated with the condition. [6][1] CTS can affect both wrists.
[1] [2] [3] The pain tends to be at the wrist joint, in the distribution of the terminal branch of the anterior interosseous nerve, and is exacerbated by sustained pronation (i.e., wrist down). [4] The weakness of the FPL and FDP IF is painless, but causes people to "drop things" and have a sense of loss of dexterity.
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