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A New Wrist Clinical Evaluation Score.

Guillaume Herzberg¹, Marion Burnier¹, Toshiyasu Nakamura²

¹Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.

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|March 27, 2018

Summary

A new electronic wrist scoring system, the Lyon wrist score (LWS), has been developed to include forearm rotation and patient-reported outcomes. This comprehensive tool offers a visual display for tracking wrist conditions and comparing treatment effectiveness.

Keywords:

clinical clinical score evaluation outcomes wrist wrist surgery

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Area of Science:

Orthopedics
Clinical Assessment
Digital Health

Background:

Limited availability of current wrist scoring systems.
Existing systems often lack forearm rotation assessment.
Need for comprehensive and updated wrist evaluation tools.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce the Lyon wrist score (LWS), an electronic clinical assessment tool.
Present the Subjective Wrist Value (SWV), a patient-generated evaluation criterion.
Integrate forearm rotation into wrist scoring.

Main Methods:

Development of an electronic Lyon wrist score (LWS) in Excel.
Inclusion of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and function (flexion-extension and pronation-supination).
Incorporation of active range of motion, strength, and SWV.

Main Results:

LWS available in standard and full versions (including forearm rotation strength).
Automatic generation of a diamond-shaped graph for visual display of wrist status.
Integration of LWS and SWV into a graph exportable to PowerPoint for clinical comparison.

Conclusions:

The LWS provides a comprehensive electronic display of osteoarticular wrist status.
Includes crucial forearm rotation criteria, addressing a gap in current systems.
Offers a practical tool for clinical analysis and outcome comparison.