He also sustained a splenic injury and a stable fracture of his eighth thoracic vertebra. Routine radiographs of the injured hand revealed a Bennett’s fracture of the right thumb metacarpal and volar ...

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) of the first carpometacarpal (CMC-1) joint is a common hand disorder with symptoms including pain and weakness of the thumb. Previous studies have associated high BMI ...

Correspondence to: Dr G K Meenagh Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman’s Lane, Belfast BT9 7JB, UK; garymeenaghyahoo.co.uk Objective: To investigate the efficacy of ...

About 46 percent of Arabians in Minnesota have a gap in the back of their knee joint, which makes them more prone to arthritis after a knee injury. These horses should be treated more aggressively for ...

Osteoarthritis of the basal thumb joint is part of normal human aging: everyone gets it if we live long enough. Thumb pain can cause reduced pinch strength and impaired hand capability such as ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint dislocation other than thumb are rare injuries and can be easily missed. These injuries account for <1% of all hand injuries and are frequently overlooked or missed. CMC ...

For radiographic assessment of the wrist, the radioulnar, radiocarpal, intercarpal and carpometacarpal joint scores were added together, resulting in a maximum damage score of 54 for the wrist (joint ...

Learn about 5 procedures used to treat joint damage and pain caused by thumb arthritis. Most activities that involve grasping or pinching are possible because of the thumb’s remarkable range of motion ...

If radiographic changes of two joint groups of the hands (first carpometacarpal joint and proximal/distal interphalangeal joints defined as two separate joint groups) were present, patients were ...

When a joint replacement is successful, it’s transformative for the patient — vastly improving the individual’s function and quality of life. While off-the-shelf implants work well for the vast ...

med.lu.se Objective It is postulated that increased load from pinch and grasp in occupational tasks increases the risk of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC1) osteoarthritis (OA). We sought to characterise ...