The general manager of a disability care service has denied an allegation that he “contorted” his fingers during a meeting as a way of mocking a colleague with rheumatoid arthritis in front of other ...

Getting an early diagnosis from a rheumatologist is crucial to setting up the right treatment for hand arthritis.

Since publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for management of hand osteoarthritis (OA) in 2007 new evidence has emerged. The aim was to update these ...

Background We aimed to update the 2018 systematic literature review on the efficacy and safety of treatments for hand osteoarthritis (OA), which was based on 126 studies. Methods We performed a ...

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Can you enjoy gardening with arthritic hands? Will it make your condition worse? People with arthritic hands can do gardening if you do it properly and have specialized gardening tools for this health ...

Osteoarthritis develops gradually, while rheumatoid arthritis can worsen over several weeks or months. They both may affect the hands, but typically only osteoarthritis affects the joint near the tip ...

Objective To assess the effect of electrically heated mittens on physical hand function in people with osteoarthritis of the hands compared with control mittens. Design Randomised controlled trial.

A study assessed heated mittens for hand osteoarthritis, finding significant reductions in pain and stiffness but no ...

Background Inflammation is thought to play an important role in hand osteoarthritis (HOA), which is further associated with pain and increased limitation of hand function [1,2]. Therapeutic options in ...