Outcomes of an exercise program in patients with dorsal or volar midcarpal laxity: a cohort study of 213 patients.

Purpose: Describing the outcomes of an exercise program on wrist and hand function for patients with midcarpal instability (MCI).

Materials And Methods: This study has a prospective cohort design. Two hundred and thirteen patients with MCI were included.

SMoC-Wrist: a sensorimotor control-based exercise program for patients with chronic wrist pain.

Study Design: This is a narrative review.

Introduction: Chronic wrist pain is a common disorder that can lead to considerable disability in performing activities in daily living and at work. Patients with nonspecific chronic wrist pain are regularly referred to a physiotherapist/hand therapist.

Unusual radial nerve injury by a locking compression plate for humerus fracture.

The management of primary and secondary radial nerve palsy associated with humeral shaft fractures is still controversial. Radial nerve function is likely to return spontaneously after primary as well as secondary radial nerve palsy in the absence of any level of neurotmesis. Identification and protection of the radial nerve during surgery may prevent secondary nerve palsy, but is not always performed and depends on the location of the fracture, and the experience and preference of the surgeon.

A thumb opposition splint to improve manual dexterity and upper-limb functioning in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Objective: To assess initial efficacy and tolerability of a thumb opposition splint on manual dexterity, perceived upper limb functioning and occupational performance in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Design: One group pre-post design.

Patients And Methods: Thirteen patients were provided with a neoprene opposition splint for their dominant hand.

Tripod pinch strength and thumb opposition are the major determinants of manual dexterity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A.

Background: Clinical features of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) include slowly progressive distal muscle weakness, atrophy and sensory loss. Upper-limb involvement results in reduced manual dexterity interfering with the execution of daily activities.

Objective: To identify which hand function impairments are determinants of manual dexterity in CMT1A.

Limited upper limb functioning has impact on restrictions in participation and autonomy of patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy 1a.

Objective: To evaluate upper limb functioning, restrictions on participation and the independent contribution of upper and lower limb disability to participation in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy 1a.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Forty-nine patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy 1a.

Manual dexterity in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1a: severity of limitations and feasibility and reliability of two assessment instruments.

Objective: To assess the prevalence and significance of impaired manual dexterity in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1a (HMSN 1a), with the Sollerman hand function and the Functional Dexterity test, and compare the reliability and agreement of the tests.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Subjects: Forty-nine subjects with HMSN 1a.

Manual dexterity and related functional limitations in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. An explorative study.

Purpose: To explore impairments in manual dexterity and perceived limitations in upper extremity-related activities in subjects with Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN).

Method: Cross-sectional study of 20 HMSN subjects. Manual dexterity was assessed using the Jebsen test of hand function.

Hand strength and fatigue in patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (types I and II).

Objectives: To compare maximal isometric hand strength and fatigue between subjects with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) and healthy controls and to test the reproducibility of handgrip strength (peak force of handgrip [PFgrip]) and fatigue.

Design: PFgrip and the decline in PFgrip during 3 sets of 15 contractions were compared.

Setting: University hospital in The Netherlands.