Wrist Injuries - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Bracing and rehabilitation for wrist and hand injuries in collegiate athletes.

30 Jul 2009 Athletic injuries of the hand and wrist are common. The key to management of these injuries is prevention. Certain sports require athletes to participate in positions that pose a higher risk of injury to the fingers and wrists. Once healing of the ... Read more...

How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to examine a possible treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder who have wrist-cutting syndrome, a condition characterized by repeated, superficial wrist cutting in a non-suicidal fashion. Within ... Read more...

Gymnastic wrist injuries.

30 Aug 2008 During gymnastic activities, the wrist is exposed to many different types of stresses, including repetitive motion, high impact loading, axial compression, torsional forces, and distraction in varying degrees of ulnar or radial deviation and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Wrist Injuries - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Community-driven intervention to reduce injury rates in school-age snowboarders. 30 Jul 2009
• Bracing and rehabilitation for wrist and hand injuries in collegiate athletes. 30 Jul 2009
• How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• [Do wrist protectors reduce injuries in snowboarding?] 13 Oct 2008
• Wrist guards and wrist and elbow injury in snowboarders. 4 Oct 2008
• Gymnastic wrist injuries. 30 Aug 2008
• A multifaceted intervention to improve treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with wrist fractures: a cluster randomized trial. 14 Jul 2008
• 3-year follow-up of 215 fracture patients from a prospective and consecutive osteoporosis screening program. Fracture patients care! 30 May 2008
• Etidronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. 21 Jan 2008
• A case crossover study of triggers for hand injuries in commercial fishing. 8 Oct 2007
• Asymmetrical ground impact of the hands after a trip-induced fall: experimental kinematics and kinetics. 18 Sep 2007
• The effect of wrist guards on wrist and arm injuries among snowboarders: a systematic review. 27 Feb 2007
• Golf injuries and rehabilitation. 30 Jul 2006
• Adherence to bisphosphonate therapy and fracture rates in osteoporotic women: relationship to vertebral and nonvertebral fractures from 2 US claims databases. 30 Jul 2006
• Biomechanical efficiency of wrist guards as a shock isolator. 30 Mar 2006
• Hand and arm problems in flautists and a design for prevention. 20 Feb 2006
• Educational intervention to reduce falls and fear of falling in patients after fragility fracture: results of a controlled pilot study. 18 Feb 2006
• One fracture is enough! Experience with a prospective and consecutive osteoporosis screening program with 239 fracture patients. 30 Jan 2006
• A laboratory study to determine the effects of universal and rotating ultrasonic inserts on wrist movement and scaling time efficiency of dental hygienists. 30 Jan 2006
• Do wrist guards have the potential to protect against wrist injuries in bicycling, micro scooter riding, and monkey bar play? 30 Jul 2005

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Technical information about 'Wrist Injuries'

Definition: Injuries to the wrist or the wrist joint.

Descriptor UI: D014954

Alternative terms: Wrist Injuries; Injuries, Wrist; Injury, Wrist; Wrist Injury;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.088.906;

Technical Notes: consider also CARPAL BONES /inj