rmdopen.bmj4y
High body mass index is associated with increased risk for osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint during more than 30 years of follow-up
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 ...
rmdopen.bmj4y
Development of classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis: comparative analyses of persons with and without hand osteoarthritis
Objectives Further knowledge about typical hand osteoarthritis (OA ... respectively), but poorer discrimination in the first carpometacarpal joints (AUC = 0.67 and 0.63, respectively). Painful DIP ...
BMJ1y
Erosive hand osteoarthritis: its prevalence and clinical impact in the general population and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis
lumc.nl Objective To estimate the prevalence of erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA ... pain and in addition to radiographic HOA (at least one interphalangeal (IP) joint or 1st carpometacarpal joint with ...
BMJ6mon
A randomised controlled trial of intra-articular corticosteroid injection of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb in osteoarthritis
Conclusions: No clinical benefit was gained from intra-articular steroid injection to the CMCJ in moderate to severe osteoarthritis compared with placebo injection. ACR, American College of ...
Arthritis Foundation1y
5 Surgeries for Thumb Arthritis
But dexterity comes at a price – an increased risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in the first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, where the thumb meets the trapezium bone in the wrist. Sometimes the joint becomes ...
Universiteit Utrecht11mon
Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: New insights & Treatment opportunities
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 ...
BMJ1y
Volar dislocation of the index carpometacarpal joint in association with a Bennett’s fracture of the thumb: a rare injury pattern
His mean grip strength was found to be 30 kg in the right hand and 34 kg in the left. Traumatic injury to the carpometacarpal joints was first described by Blandin in 1844, when he reported a case ...
BMJ5mon
Risk of hand and forearm conditions due to vibrating hand-held tools exposure: a retrospective cohort study from Sweden
Data were cross-linked with national registers to identify treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), Dupuytren’s disease, trigger finger or first carpometacarpal joint ...