Measurements of carpal bone angles on lateral wrist radiographs.
Measurements of carpal bone angles on lateral wrist radiographs can be of assistance in the diagnostic evaluation of wrist malalignment. A series of 75 normal wrists was examined by use of a standardized radiographic technique. The normal carpal bone angles were determined using the bone axes with the least observer variability (mean and range): radiolunate, -1.02 (-10 to 12), radioscaphoid, 51.80 (35 to 65), and scapholunate, 50.77 (36 to 66). Normal mean values and ranges for intercarpal bone angles may be of assistance in the diagnostic evaluation of ligamentous injury to the wrist.
Larsen
C F
CF
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Mathiesen
F K
FK
Lindequist
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001175:Arthrography / Q000295:instrumentation; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012016:Reference Values; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*