Wrist pain
Wrist pain or open wrist is a syndrome inhibiting use of a hand due to pain in anatomical structures of the wrist. The pain may be sharp, sometimes steadily increasing after trying to apply force.
Pain may be caused after exerting the wrist, as may occur during weight lifting, in any weight-bearing or athletic activity, manual labor, or from injury to nerves, muscles, ligaments, tendons or bones of the wrist.[1][2] Wrist pain may result from nerve compression, tendonitis, osteoarthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome.
Types[edit]
Common causes of chronic wrist pain include:[1][3]
- Scaphoid fracture nonunion (a break of the scaphoid bone)
- Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint osteoarthritis (breakdown of joint cartilage)
- Scapholunate ligament instability (rupture of this ligament leads to wrist instability)
- Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) (injury and degeneration)
- De quervain tenosynovitis (when two tendons that control movement of the thumb become constricted by their tendon sheath in the wrist)
- Extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendinopathy (Triangular fibrocartilage)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) (nerve compression of the median nerve in the wrist)
- Ganglion cyst (fluid-filled closed sac with a joint or tendon sheath in the wrist)
- Kienbock's disease (breakdown of the lunate bone in the wrist)
- Wrist fracture, wrist sprain
Prevalence[edit]
Wrist pain has a prevalence of about 10% in the general population.[2] It is highly prevalent in people performing physically demanding activities, such as manual laborers and athletes.[2]
Treatment[edit]
After applying hot or cold pads in the first moments, if there is no inflammation, the use of a simple leather or neoprene wrist brace (or even a steel-reinforced one), is recommended in order to rest the wrist.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Hemmati S, Ponich B, Lafreniere AS, Genereux O, Rankin B, Elzinga K (January 2024). "Approach to chronic wrist pain in adults: Review of common pathologies for primary care practitioners". Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien. 70 (1): 16–23. doi:10.46747/cfp.700116. PMID 38262758.
- ^ a b c Ferguson R, Riley ND, Wijendra A, Thurley N, Carr AJ, Bjf D (November 2019). "Wrist pain: a systematic review of prevalence and risk factors- what is the role of occupation and activity?". BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 20 (1): 542. doi:10.1186/s12891-019-2902-8. PMC 6857228. PMID 31727033.
- ^ a b Schenck RC (1999). Athletic training and sports medicine. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 346–. ISBN 978-0-89203-172-6. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
Bibliography[edit]
- "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet". National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
- "Symptoms". Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Mayo Clinic.