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PHYSICAL SIGNS IN THE HAND AND WRIST SEEN IN THE OVERUSE INJURY SYNDROME OF THE UPPER LIMB
Author(s) -
Fry Hunter J. H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01819.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wrist , thumb , upper limb , carpometacarpal joint , physical examination , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , surgery , osteoarthritis , pathology , alternative medicine
Overuse injury (RSI) of the upper limb is a common and distinct clinical entity brought about by hard continuous use of the limb. Pain is felt in the muscles and joint ligaments whose biological tolerance has been exceeded; this tolerance varies individually and must be genetically determined. These structures are normally non‐tender. Physical signs in overuse injury consist of tenderness in these structures. Such signs in the intrinsic muscles of the hand and ligaments of the wrist joint and carpometacarpal joint of the thumb are virtually diagnostic of overuse injury.