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Physical Therapy for a Colles Fracture
A distal fracture is one that occurs at the end farthest from the body—in this case, where the radius meets the wrist. A ...
No fracture is identified ... for determining the quality of the lateral wrist radiograph. The lateral view should span from the distal radius to the base of the metacarpal bones.
The DRUJ injury is an injury of the distal radial ulnar joint, which is the joint between the two bones in the forearm which descend to form the top of the wrist. This injury occurs after a fall ...
Fifty two distal radius fractures were enclosed in this study ... one must be careful distally near the proximal wrist crease as the superficial branch of the radial artery crosses superficial ...
1 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool L9 7AL, UK ...