Hand Injuries

Follow the links to find information about hand injuries.

Reviewed March 2011

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Links to information about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Tendonitis

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Links to information relating to tendonitis, also known as tendinitis.

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Title:   Doors and hinges
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Ways to avoid your child getting injured fingers from doors and hinges.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Hand skills
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Hand skills are explained together with how Novita therapists help children with physical disabilities improve these skills. Information is provided about the different hand splints available and examples given of what they can achieve. Some information is provided about hand surgery.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Corticosteroid injection for de Quervain's tenosynovitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of Corticosteroid injections for de Quervain's tenosynovitis. This review shows that in people with de Quervain's tenosynovitis, We are uncertain whether Corticoste...
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Conservative treatment for closed fifth (small finger) metacarpal neck fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A closed (the overlying skin remains intact) fifth metacarpal neck fracture occurs when the bone is broken just below the knuckle of the little finger. These account for approximately one in five of all hand fractures. The typical patient is a young man...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Interventions for treating mallet finger injuries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Mallet finger, also called drop or baseball finger, is where the end of a finger cannot be actively straightened out due to injury. Typically the skin remains intact, and the impairment results from a tear of a finger tendon or a small fracture where th...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Losing a finger: it can happen to anyone
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This document gives information on how to save a severed finger.
Date:   Mar 1999

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