RESUMO
Not available.
Assuntos
Evolução Biológica , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Mãos/fisiologia , Hominidae/fisiologia , Animais , Mapeamento Encefálico , Humanos , Polegar/fisiologiaRESUMO
Velazquez showed to know the entity of thumb osteoarthritis by finely describing it in one of his paintings. The concepts of anatomical damage, loss of strenght, and functional impairment are transmitted to the observer.
Assuntos
Deformidades Adquiridas da Mão/história , Medicina nas Artes/história , Osteoartrite/história , Polegar , Deformidades Adquiridas da Mão/patologia , Deformidades Adquiridas da Mão/fisiopatologia , História do Século XV , História do Século XVII , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XX , Humanos , Osteoartrite/patologia , Osteoartrite/fisiopatologia , Pinturas/história , Espanha , Polegar/patologia , Polegar/fisiopatologiaRESUMO
The radial nerve is a commonly injured upper extremity peripheral nerve. The inability to extend the wrist results in a loss of hand function and dexterity that affects patients' ability to perform their activities of daily living. There is no strong evidence to support a particular splint design for improving dexterity. This cohort study compared whether a static or dynamic splint can improve hand dexterity when assessed with the 9-hole peg test (9-HPT) after radial nerve injury. Thirty-four subjects with radial nerve palsy participated in the study. The test was repeated three times for each subject, first without the splint, and then while wearing the control static wrist splint, and finally while wearing the dynamic splint. The 9-HPT was used as the outcome measure. The 9-HPT times were 36.4±4.8seconds without a wrist splint and improved when using the static and the dynamic splints to 33.5±4.5seconds (P<0.01) and 25.7±3.5seconds (P<0.01) respectively. The use of a dynamic splint after radial nerve palsy can provide the patient with greater manual dexterity when compared to using no splint or a static splint.