Assessing hand grasp in patients with systemic sclerosis using the 16-grasp test: Preliminary results from a multidisciplinary study group.

Background: Reports on hand dysfunction and rehabilitation in SSc are quite scarce in the literature and mainly focus on functional assessment tools, such as the Duruoz Hand Index and the HAMIS test for evaluating hand mobility by simulating specific grasps with nine different objects.

Purpose Of The Study: This study aimed to provide an adequate assessment methodology for hand grasp dysfunctions in patients suffering from systemic sclerosis (SSc) through the 16-grasp test.

Study Design: Case-control study.

Modified dome osteotomy and anterior locking plate fixation for distal radius variant of Madelung deformity: a retrospective study.

Purpose: Dome osteotomy of the distal radius with Vickers ligament release is an established method of treatment for Madelung deformity. Many different surgical procedures have been proposed in literature but techniques, patient inclusion and efficacy evaluations are heterogeneous.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of children affected by 'distal radius' Madelung deformity and treated with a standardized surgical procedure (modified reverse dome osteotomy of the distal radius and volar fixation with a small locking plate) between 2010 and 2018 at a single center was performed.

Consensus based recommendations for diagnosis and medical management of Poland syndrome (sequence).

Background: Poland syndrome (OMIM: 173800) is a disorder in which affected individuals are born with missing or underdeveloped muscles on one side of the body, resulting in abnormalities that can affect the chest, breast, shoulder, arm, and hand. The extent and severity of the abnormalities vary among affected individuals.

Main Body: The aim of this work is to provide recommendations for the diagnosis and management of people affected by Poland syndrome based on evidence from literature and experience of health professionals from different medical backgrounds who have followed for several years affected subjects.

Genetic basis of congenital upper limb anomalies: analysis of 487 cases of a specialized clinic.

Background: Specific data regarding the frequencies of the congenital upper limb anomalies (CULA) according to their etiology are hardly available due to the heterogeneity across classification systems. In this study, we aim at defining the CULA etiology of patients that have been evaluated at the Modena University Hospital's Congenital Hand Malformations multidisciplinary clinic in the years 2004 to 2012.

Methods: Medical records of 487 patients were retrospectively reviewed.

Effectiveness of cast immobilization in comparison to the gold-standard self-removal orthotic intervention for closed mallet fingers: a randomized clinical trial.

Study Design: Randomized clinical trial.

Introduction: Although orthotic immobilization has become the preferable treatment choice for closed mallet injuries, it is unclear whether orthosis self-removal has an impact on the final outcome.

Purpose: To evaluate the treatment efficacy of cast immobilization of closed mallet fingers using Quickcast(®) (QC) compared to a removable, lever-type thermoplastic orthosis (LTTP).

Open experience with a new myorelaxant agent for low back pain.

Introduction: Eperisone hydrochloride has been recently proposed as a muscle relaxant for the treatment of muscle contracture and chronic low back pain (LBP) as it is devoid of clinically relevant sedative effects on the central nervous system (CNS). We tested this hypothesis by performing a study of patients with LBP and muscle contracture who were treated with full-dose eperisone.

Methods: Patients with moderate to severe, acute, or relapsing LBP received eperisone 100 mg three times daily for 10 consecutive days.