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.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
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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*