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The radius is one of the two long bones in your forearm that runs from your elbow to your wrist. It's important because it allows your forearm to rotate and supports your wrist and hand movements.
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79,340 papers- Proximal Radius Fractures in Children.ReviewThe Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2019Nicholson LT, Skaggs DLDOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-18-00204
- Distal Radius Fractures in the Athlete.ReviewClinics in sports medicine · 2020Sobel AD, Calfee RPDOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2019.10.005
- Distal Radius Physeal Bar and Ulnar Overgrowth: Indications for Treatment.ReviewJournal of pediatric orthopedics · 2021Samora JBDOI: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001762
- Corrective osteotomy after malunited distal radius fractures.ReviewArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2020Krimmer H, Schandl R, Wolters RDOI: 10.1007/s00402-020-03370-1
- Complex Distal Radius Fractures: An Anatomic Algorithm for Surgical Management.ReviewThe Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2017Rhee PC, Medoff RJ, Shin AYDOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-15-00525
- New trends in distal radius fractures.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2018Liverneaux PADOI: 10.1007/s00590-018-2222-y
- Distal radius fracture and the distal radioulnar joint--anatomical considerations.ReviewHandchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V... · 1994Hagert CG
- Using Ultrasonography During the Fixation of Distal Radius and Finger Fractures.ReviewHand clinics · 2022Cognet JM, Bauzou F, Louis P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2021.08.012
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The radius or radial bone (pl.: radii or radiuses) is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna. It extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist and runs parallel to the ulna. The ulna is longer than the radius, but the radius is thicker. The radius is a long bone, prism-shaped and slightly curved longitudinally.
The radius is part of three joints: the elbow and the wrist, both of which are synovial joints; and the radioulnar joint, which is a syndesmosis. At the elbow, it joins with the capitulum of the humerus, and in a separate region, with the ulna at the radial notch. At the wrist, the radius forms a joint with the ulna bone. The radioulnar joint allows for supination and pronation of the forearm.