Hospital for Special Surgery Researchers Examine Wrist Motion

Scott W. Wolfe, MD, and Howard J. Hillstrom, PhD, both of the Hospital of Special Surgery, recently published an article documenting the dart thrower’s arc to assess differences in patterns of motion associated with the surgical fusion of wrist bones, according to a hospital report.

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Dr. Wolfe is the chief of hand surgery and Dr. Hillstrom is a biomedical engineer and director of the Leon Root, MD, Motion Analysis Laboratory. The two received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant for the study.

Outcomes of the study have been published in an AAOS Now report. The study was built around the idea that most wrist motions are coupled motions. Rehabilitation efforts, other treatment options and surgical prosthetics may begin taking these findings into consideration to build a more effective treatment plan for patients.

Read the Hospital for Special Surgery report on the wrist motion study.

Read the AAOS Now report on mapping wrist motion.

Read other coverage on wrist surgeons:

– 45 Great Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeons to Know

– Integra LifeSciences to Feature Total Wrist Fusion System for Arthritis Treatment

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