Table 1 Predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

1. (Sub)acute wrist pain (traumatic, non-traumatic)

2. Age of 18 year or older

3. Wrist pain located distal of the ulna and radius and proximal of the phalanges

4. Duration of the wrist pain less than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

1. Rheumatic diseases, (poly)arthritis, diabetes or neurological diseases

2. Duration of the wrist pain longer than 3 months

3. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

4. Pregnancy

5. Patients with infection of their hand

6. Patients with neurovascular pathology

7. Previously trauma of the affected wrist

8. Not capable of the Dutch language