Hand Fractures
Fractures of the hand can occur in either the small bones of the fingers (phalanges) or the long bones (metacarpals). They can result from a twisting injury, a fall, a crush injury, or direct contact in sports. Signs and symptoms of a broken bone in the hand include: swelling, tenderness, deformity, inability to move the finger, shortened finger, finger crosses over its neighbor when making a partial fist, or depressed knuckle.