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Type: Journal article
Title: Influence of lunate type on scaphoid kinematics
Author: Galley, I.
Bain, G.
McLean, J.
Citation: Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume), 2007; 32(6):842-847
Publisher: W B Saunders Co
Issue Date: 2007
ISSN: 0363-5023
1531-6564
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Ian Galley, Gregory I. Bain and James M. McLean
Abstract: <h4>Purpose</h4>To assess the influence of lunate type on scaphoid kinematics.<h4>Methods</h4>One hundred normal wrists had fluoroscopic assessment of the wrist in maximal radial, neutral, and ulnar deviation. The shortest distance in a neutral position between the capitate and triquetrum, C-T distance, determined lunate type. A type I lunate had a C-T distance of < or =2 mm, a type II lunate > or =4 mm, and an intermediate group lay between these values. Scaphoid flexion and translation in radial and ulna deviation was measured.<h4>Results</h4>There were 18 subjects with a type I lunate, 19 with an intermediate lunate, and 63 with a type II lunate. There was no statistically significant difference between lunate type, subject age, or hand dominance. There was a statistically significant higher proportion of women with a type I lunate. Subjects with a type II lunate had a statistically greater amount of flexion during radioulnar deviation as determined by CR index (0.79 vs 0.91) and scaphoid flexion index (0.21 vs 0.09). Subjects with a type II lunate had statistically less translation during radioulnar deviation as determined by translation ratio (0.22 vs 0.31) and scaphoid inclination index (0.18 vs 0.23). The average scaphoid kinematic index in subjects with a type II lunate was 1.24, intermediate 0.86, and type I 0.42. A scaphoid kinematic index of greater than 1 indicates the scaphoid has more flexion during radioulnar deviation than translation.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Wrists with a type I lunate show statistically greater scaphoid translation with radial deviation. Wrists with a type II lunate show statistically greater scaphoid flexion with radial deviation. Intermediate lunates have intermediate scaphoid mechanics. This allows the surgeon to determine the likely wrist scaphoid mechanics based on the lunate type determined from a single posterior-anterior x-ray.
Keywords: Scaphoid Bone
Humans
Fluoroscopy
Sex Characteristics
Movement
Models, Biological
Adult
Middle Aged
Female
Male
Lunate Bone
Biomechanical Phenomena
Description: Copyright © 2007 American Society for Surgery of the Hand Published by Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.03.012
Description (link): http://www.jhandsurg.org/home
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.03.012
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