FreeMD® Wrist Injury Definition

Wrist Injury

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Wrist Injury Definition

Common names:

Injured Wrist
Pain in the Wrist after Injury
Painful Wrist after Injury
Wrist Injury
Wrist Pain after Injury

A person with a wrist injury has damage to a structure within the wrist, caused by an injury.

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Related Topics:

Wrist contusion
Wrist dislocation
Wrist fracture
Wrist pain (bilateral)
Wrist pain (unilateral)
Wrist sprain
Wrist tendinitis
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Wrist injury

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Last Updated: Sep 18, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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Wrist Injury References:

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