Medically reviewed by Mohamad Hassan, PT Key Takeaways A Colles fracture happens when you fall onto an outstretched hand, ...

A new artificial joint restores important wrist-like movements to forearm amputees, something which could dramatically improve their quality of life. A group of researchers led by Max Ortiz Catalan, ...

A new artificial joint from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden offers forearm amputees a bodily function many would imagine difficult to live without—wrist mobility. High levels of wrist ...

An implant is placed into each of the two bones of the forearm—the ulna and radius—and then a wrist-like artificial joint acts as an interface between these two implants and the prosthetic hand. There ...