SAN DIEGO, CA—Lidocaine and triamcinolone hexacetonide injected intra-articularly in interphalangeal joints reduced swelling and pain during movement in the hands of patients with osteoarthritis, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New hand osteoarthritis classification criteria from EULAR discriminate between interphalangeal and thumb base ...

Hyperextensibility of the proximal interphalangeal joints was noted in 3 males and 6 females in 3 generations of a Japanese family. The proposita, a 14-year-old girl, had hyperextensible proximal ...

Unlike synovitis, the presence of joint effusions on MRI among patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA) was not associated with pain or progression, Dutch researchers reported. Pain in a specific joint ...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is examining artificial metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint replacement and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress showed an increase in the occurrence of osteophytes and decrease ...

Swan neck deformity is a hand deformity in which your fingers are bent abnormally. Your finger’s middle joint bends back more than usual. The tip of your finger is bent down. Swan neck deformity only ...

This 65-year-old woman presented with painful, swollen joints in her hands, which had developed over the last few weeks. She routinely took a paracetamol-codeine combination for osteoarthritis of her ...

2.1.1 Arthritis of the hand joints is a common condition that deteriorates over time, although the severity of symptoms, rate of deterioration and functional effects are variable. Artificial ...