Objectives To explore the association between radiographic and clinical involvement of the thumb base joint with patient and disease characteristics and with pain and limitations in activities in hand ...

This breakdown causes the bones to rub together, causing stiffness, pain and loss of joint movement. In hand OA, the joints most commonly affected by OA are the wrists, the joints at the base of the ...

Osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, frequently affects the joint at the base ... of the thumb are used for two primary purposes: providing support to improve hand function and providing ...

causing pain and limiting movement. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other forms of inflammatory arthritis can also damage the CMC joint in the thumb, also known as the trapeziometacarpal joint (TMC).