There are a variety of wrist injuries that can occur from a traumatic fall on an outstretched hand. These injuries are termed FOOSH (fall on an outstretched hand) injuries. Probably the most well-known FOOSH is a distal radius fracture, which is identified and treated first by a physician. As a health care professional, you may be seeing an increase in referrals for wrist pain from falls this time of year, now may be a good time to review the clinical signs used to find other FOOSH injuries.
Wrist Pain after a Fall on an Outstretched Hand (FOOSH)
Posted by Lori Algar OTD, OTR/L, CHT on Fri, Jan 11,2019 @ 11:32 AM
Tags: Wrist Injuries, FOOSH, triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries, scapholunate ligament injury, Scaphoid Fracture
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