Investigators: Dr Ben Stansfield , Professor Sandy Nicol
Stream: Research Fellowship
Topic: Upper Limbs/Design (Wrist)
Status: Completed
Disruption of the hand and wrist joints through pathology or trauma has profound effect on hand function with a significant personal, social and economic impact. Arthritis is a major cause of loss of wrist and hand function making it difficult to perform the activities of daily living.The evaluation of diagnostic techniques such as MRI and arthroscopy in recent years has increased both the range of surgical treatments available and the number of operations performed on the painful wrist. Outcome of both existing and developing procedures are not guaranteed and there is increasing demand for objective evaluation of procedures. Examination of biomechanical implications of interventions will provide invaluable evidence of possible reasons for success or failure.
The aim of the proposed study is to provide a database of load transfer characteristics of both normal and pathological wrists via a novel and complex cadaveric analysis. This investigation will provide extensive information which can also be utilised to validate the theoretical models of wrist kinetics.
The comprehensive nature of the proposed database will include six-degree of freedom external loading information, hand, wrist and forearm kinematics and a description of the load distribution in both bony and tendinous structures all under relevant loading conditions.
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