Common Wrist Injuries

Question 1

Scaphoid likes to live in slight ____

Answer 1

flexion

Question 2

Triquetrium likes to live in slight _____

Answer 2

extension

Question 3

What happens when you have a scapholunate injury?

Answer 3

Lune will go with the carpal bone it’s connected to. With triquetrium, it will go into extension

Question 4

Scapho lunate tears result in a __________ because lunate is hanging out with the triquetrium in extension (pointing up)

Answer 4

dorsal intercalated segment instability or DISI

Question 5

Lunate hangs with the scaphoid in flexion (points down). Sign of lunotriquetrial ligament damage

Answer 5

Volar intercalated segment instability

Question 6

a process of unknown etiology resulting in osteonecrosis of the LUNATE bone. The most common clinical presentation is intermittent wrist pain, decreased wrist motion, and weakness of grip in the dominant hand.

Answer 6

Kienbock’s disease

Question 7

UCL injury that results from fall on extended thumb. UCL can get overstretched or ruptured and result in a sprain or tear.

Answer 7

Gamekeepers or Skier’s Thumb