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A Non-Invasive Method for Studying in Vivo Carpal Kinematics

S. W. WOLFE, J. J. CRISCO and L. D. KATZ

From the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA

Correspondence: S. W. Wolfe MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208071, New Haven, CT 06520–8071, USA.

Seven uninjured and three injured patients were studied using midsagittal computed tomographic (CT) images at 10° increments from full extension to full flexion. Each injured patient had a confirmed scapholunate ligament tear and normal radiographs. CT bony contours were digitized, and incremental motion determined using a specifically designed automated contour-matching algorithm. We expressed wrist motion as a ratio of lunocapitate (midcarpal) motion, and radiolunate (radiocarpal) motion. In normal wrists, motion occurred equally at the midcarpal and radiocarpal joints. In wrists with scapholunate ligament disruption, lunocapitate motion increased significantly throughout the arc of motion.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. 2, 147-152 (1997)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(97)80050-2
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