Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...

Overuse of the hand, an injury, and certain health conditions can cause pain in the palm, fingers, and wrist. Examples include repetitive strain injury (RSI), bruising, bone injuries, arthritis ...

These benign, noncancerous, and usually harmless lumps occur most often in the hand, usually on the back of the wrist. It’s not known what causes ganglion cysts, but, according to the American ...

A sprained wrist is a common injury for athletes and nonathletes alike. All it takes is a momentary loss of balance. If you slip, you instinctively use your hand to break your fall. Once your hand ...

The most commonly fractured bones include the distal radius on the thumb side of your wrist, the ankle, the femur (thigh bone ... Dr, Bailey is a Virginia-based physical therapist and professor of ...

De Quervain's tenosynovitis is swelling of the tendons that run along the thumb-side of the wrist and attach to the base of the thumb. It typically occurs from repetitive use of the thumb from ...

Correa left in the fifth inning with left wrist soreness, appearing to tweak it during an at-bat. Correa gripped his bat as he was checked out by trainers during the at-bat, but ultimately end ...

Figure 20. Posteroanterior view of the left wrist. Sclerotic margins at the scaphoid waist fracture indicate the presence of a nonunion. Osteophytosis, cartilage loss, and remodeling are seen at ...