title: Return to Play After Hand and Wrist Fractures.
abstract: Wrist and hand injuries are common among athletes, and can lead to considerable disability. Dislocations and soft tissue injuries are common and require prompt recognition and treatment. Accurate diagnosis and early immobilization are often key to getting players back to their sport early. Some injuries require surgery; operative intervention allows the player to return to their sport more quickly or with less long-term disability. This article discusses the spectrum of injury from distal radius fractures to mallet fingers, and offers some general guidelines for the surgeon in how to counsel and treat athletes with these problems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2 Dudley Street, Suite 200, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halim
authors.affiliation: Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2 Dudley Street, Suite 200, Providence, RI 02905, USA. Electronic address: arnold-peter_weiss@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Arnold-Peter C
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000293:injuries; D017885:Collateral Ligaments / Q000293:injuries; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000293:injuries; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000068958:Return to Sport; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Carpal fractures; Hand fractures; Return to play; Scaphoid fractures