BMJ3mon
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 ...
BMJ1y
FRI0307 The association between pain and ultrasonographic features of hand osteoarthritis in finger joints
Background Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) may cause considerable pain ... grey scale synovitis and power Doppler (PD) in the 1st carpometacarpal (CMC), first interphalangeal, 2nd-5th proximal (PIP) and ...
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 ...
Arthritis Foundation2y
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 ...
ebm.bmj25d
Paracetamol as first line for treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis
phc.ox.ac.uk Although several clinical guidelines recommend paracetamol as a first-line agent in the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis, the authors of a recently published Cochrane review ...
mayo7y
Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal (CMC) Arthritis Using Stablyx® CMC Arthroplasty System
Patient is considered a candidate for Thumb Hemiarthroplasty using Stablyx (should indicate which of the following apply) Osteoarthritis of the Thumb CMC joint, Eaton Stage II-IV Rheumatoid or ...