Gen X is reinventing middle age with good humor, but arthritis is no laughing matter. Learn how to identify, manage, and ...

She earned tenure status in 2017. During the 2014-15 school year, Bahlmann developed significant pain in her hands and came to be diagnosed with carpometacarpal capsulitis, and entrapment ...

The thumb part consists of interphalangeal(IP), metacarpophalangeal(MCP), Carpometacarpal(CMC) joint, and operates MCP and CMC joint with two motors. The motor is controlled based on the control ...

No clear effect was seen for the carpometacarpal joint, CMC OA 0.94 (95% CI 0.44, 2.03). When analysing ever users (n=129) the protective effect was reduced. For ex-users of >12 months (mean duration ...

Symptomatic HOA was defined as hand pain and in addition to radiographic HOA (at least one interphalangeal (IP) joint or 1st carpometacarpal joint with Kellgren–Lawrence grade ≥2). EOA was defined as ...

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 ...

Discover simple hand exercises that reduce arthritis pain and improve mobility in just one week. These gentle movements offer ...

This book contains selected works on the biomechanics of the hand accumulated in the Biomechanics Laboratory of Mayo Clinic over the past eleven years. It attempts to apply a composite approach to ...