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About Arm Injuries and Disorders
Of the 206 bones in your body, three of them are in your arm: the humerus, radius, and ulna. Your arms are also made up of muscles, joints, tendons, and other connective tissue. Injuries to any of these parts of the arm can occur during sports, a fall, or an accident.
Types of arm injuries include :
- Tendinitis and bursitis
- Sprains
- Dislocations
- Fractures (broken bones)
- Nerve problems
- Osteoarthritis
You may also have problems or injure specific parts of your arm, such as your hand, wrist, elbow, or shoulder.
It sits within Bones, Joints and Muscles and Injuries and Wounds.
The lead U.S. institute for this subject is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
When to speak to someone. Reading about a topic cannot tell you whether it applies to you. Speak to a doctor or pharmacist if symptoms are severe, sudden, getting worse, or simply not going away — and seek emergency care immediately for chest pain, breathing difficulty, sudden weakness or confusion, or a serious allergic reaction.
Research on Arm Injuries and Disorders
1,299 studies areregistered for this condition on ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine's public registry. A selection is below — the links go straight to the registry entry, not to a summary of ours.
What a registered study does and does not mean. Registration means a study exists and has been declared publicly. It says nothing about whether the treatment being tested works, is safe, or is available to you. Many studies find no benefit — that is what research is for. Never seek out an experimental treatment on the strength of a registry entry alone.
Research currently under way
- Efficacy of the Buzzy System on Pain and Fear Reduction in Elbow Fracture Pin RemovalUniversity of Oklahoma
- A Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of IPN10200 in Adult Participants With Upper Limb Spasticity.Ipsen
- TReatment for ImmUne Mediated PathopHysiologyNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Upper Limb Rehabilitation Using Non-invasive Spinal Cord StimulationCentre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal
- The Use of p48/64 MW HPC Flow Modulation Device in the Treatment of Wide-necked Intracranial Aneurysmsphenox Inc.
- Exploration of the Effectiveness and Mechanism of Personalized Epidural Electrical Stimulation in Improving Upper Limb Function in Participants With Spinal Cord InjuryBuddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Research already completed
- Phase 2b Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of TIN816 in Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury (CLEAR-AKI)Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Effect of CHRIST on Function and ROM in Post Fracture rehabIlitationRiphah International University
- TRANSLATION, ADAPTATION, VALIDATION AND RELIABILITY OF ARABIC VERSION OF KERLAN-JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC SHOULDER AND ELBOW SCORE IN EGYPTIAN SYMPTOMATIC OVERHEAD ATHLETESZiad Mohamed Mohamed Abdalla Haroun
- PrEvention of Posttraumatic Joint contractuRes With Ketotifen 2University of Calgary
- Contralateral Blood Flow Resistance Improves Scapular Muscle Activation During Pickleball Forehand SwingsTexas Woman's University
- Blood Flow Restriction Training in Tennis ElbowNecmettin Erbakan University
Study data from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2026-07-30. Registry entries are supplied by study sponsors and investigators; ClinicalTrials.gov does not verify their scientific validity. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH.
Where to read more
Rather than paraphrase, we point you to the primary sources. Every link below is to a government health agency, a national institute or a recognised medical body — grouped by what you are trying to find out.
Symptoms
- Arm PainMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Diagnosis and Tests
- Bone X-RayRadiological Society of North America
- Forearm X-Ray Exam (For Parents)Nemours Foundation
- Hand/Wrist/Arm ProblemsAmerican Academy of Family Physicians
- X-Ray Exam: Upper Arm (Humerus) (For Parents)Nemours Foundation
Treatments and Therapies
- Arm, Hand, and Finger ReplantationAmerican Society for Surgery of the Hand
Genetics
- Liebenberg syndrome: MedlinePlus GeneticsNational Library of Medicine
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Arm InjuriesNational Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Humeral FracturesNational Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Radius FracturesNational Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Ulna FracturesNational Institutes of Health
Medical subject headings
Clinicians and researchers index this subject under Humeral Fractures, Arm Injuries, Ulna Fractures, Radius Fractures, Arm. These are the terms to use when searching medical literature.
This page is built from the MedlinePlus health topic record for Arm Injuries and Disorders, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health. Information is from MedlinePlus.gov. PocketsInfo is not affiliated with, and is not endorsed by, the NLM or the NIH. Retrieved 30 July 2026.