Soft-tissue thickness of the wrist.
Increase in the soft-tissue thickness of the wrist is said to be a sensitive indicator of early oedema due to generalised or local arthritic disease. No normal values are available. Measurement of the soft-tissue thickness opposite the radial and ulnar styloid processes in a random population demonstrated a large normal range which was not related to obesity. This large normal variation calls into question the accuracy of radiological evaluation of early wrist oedema.
D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*