Synovitis and effusions were both visible in 52.5% of joints in 35 patients, but "remarkably," the investigators noted, 47.5% of joints in 32 patients had effusions present without any synovitis.

There are five types of PsA, depending on which joints it affects. Distal interphalangeal PsA, for instance, affects the fingers and finger joints. Spondylitis, on the other hand, causes symptoms ...

Key takeaways: New hand osteoarthritis classification criteria from EULAR discriminate between interphalangeal and thumb base OA. The aim is to better identify suitable trial candidates and enable ...

Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) were linked to collateral ligament lesions (CLLs) in the interphalangeal joints of patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA), with BMLs being less common than CLLs. CLLs ...

As a result of only having two phalanges, the thumb only has one joint, while the other fingers have two joints. The interphalangeal joint (IP) is present at the tip of the thumb, just before the ...

Your hand consists of your wrist, palm, and fingers. The wrist has many smaller bones and joints, allowing the hand to move in different directions. It also includes the distal ends of the forearm ...

Causes of Swollen Finger Joints. A number of conditions can cause swollen fingers. Most are inflammatory but some are not. Injury. Injury to your fingers includes "jamming" your finger, crushing ...

Understand some common causes and treatments of hand pain, including carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, and trigger finger. ... Bony nodules may also form at the middle or end joints of your fingers.

A 22-year-old man was admitted with pain and erythema of the left hand. On the day of admission, he awoke with pain and swelling of the hand that involved the second and fourth fingers. Over severa ...

Synovectomy can make a drastic difference in how your hand or wrist works and get rid of pain. A day or two after surgery, you’ll start rehab to work on flexing the joint.

Both the human hand and foot represent a triumph of complex engineering, exquisitely evolved to perform a range of tasks. Our arms and legs are pentadactyl limbs - they have five digits. When the ...