Injuries and Pathologies of the Elbow, Wrist and Hand
Fractured radius-ulna
The most common fracture of the extreme distal of the radius is the one affecting the Colles bone, usually due to a direct fall on the hand in hyperextension.
The scaphoid fractures are the most frequent among those of carpal bones (almost 90% of the total). They usually occur as a result of a hyperextensional fall ...
The most frequent traumatic mechanism is falling on the hand in extension and extra-rotation, that which leads to the sprain of the capsular structures.
The ligament lesions of the phalanx articulations are normally of first or second degree and affect more frequently the fourth and fifth finger, the most vulnerable ones.
Epicondylitis is a typical painful syndrome that in most of the cases recognizes an overload pathogenesis and frequently affects tennis players, golfers, baseball players and fencers.