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Wrist Joint Pain

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The wrist joint is a versatile joint with several articulations that has numerous functions. It can also be prone to pain due to trauma, overuse, nerve compression, or a systemic disease process. This book chapter will briefly cover the anatomy of the wrist joint, clinical evaluation of the wrist joint, and treatments for wrist joint pain.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Veena Graff MD, MS

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Graff, V. (2019). Wrist Joint Pain. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_159

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_159

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