A preliminary exploration of ulnar variance in healthy wrists at a tertiary hospital in Jeddah

• DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.8.14144
• Publication Date: 2016-07-28T08:30:38Z
• Authors: Bayan A. Ghalimah; Reem L. Mimish; Khalid G. Khashoggi; Amre S. Hamdi
• Keywords: Fist; Repeated measures design

To gain preliminary insight by exploring ulnar variance changes in a Saudi-based sample. This 6-month (December 2013 to June 2014) cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly selected healthy adult volunteers with sample size of 104, at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Posteroanterior (PA), anteroposterior (AP), and PA grip views are taken. The variables interest were the PA, AP, fist measurements both right left wrists. An independent t-test used compare means between groups.A total 104 recruited. Among 17 participants who had negative views, significantly high proportion (n=9; 56.2%) maintained value views; 7 (43.8%) neutral while none (0%) positive (p less than 0.001). Similarly, significant neutral, or values same On radiographs wrist, decreased change wrist position, an absolute difference magnitude 2.13 0.001) AP views. side (absolute magnitude, 1.68; p Ulnar our similar what is reported literature.