Scapholunate instability in athletes.
Sports medicine practitioners must be sensitive to even the smallest injuries that affect athletes. Often, less severe ligament injuries go undetected. Scapholunate dissociation is often overlooked in this manner. The authors provide an overview of presentation, diagnosis, and nonoperative and operative treatments of this condition.
Lewis
D M
DM
Philadelphia Hand Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Osterman
A L
AL
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010808:Physical Examination; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*