Here are some diseases that affect the hands. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. Also known as “wear and tear” arthritis, OA is a chronic condition caused by the breakdown of ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in a group of skeletons dating to the 18th and early 19th centuries from two sites in London. METHODS This was a ...

He found it difficult to close his hands and they hurt all the time. Shoulder arthritis can be very niggly because the shoulder joint relies on ligaments, muscles and tendons to stay in place. This ...

Two trained assessors (S Dahaghin and U Cimen), who were blinded to the clinical and demographic data, scored standard anteroposterior radiographs of both hands in 2002. Radiographs were scored for ...

Osteoarthritis can affect almost any joint in the body, but most commonly occurs in the hands, fingers, hips, knees, shoulders, and spine (typically the neck or lower back). While it can affect people ...

Hip osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the hip joint that progresses in four characteristic stages. With each stage of osteoarthritis of the hip, symptoms such as pain, stiffness, and loss of ...

Doctors diagnose osteoarthritis by considering a patient's medical history, physical examination, and images of the affected joints. X-rays create the images used to detect osteoarthritis. Sometimes, ...

and hands. Experts say the rise of this condition among the younger generation signals a shift in how this joint disease is perceived. "Once considered a condition of the elderly, osteoarthritis ...

Hip pain due to osteoarthritis is a common condition related to "wear and tear" degeneration of the articular surface of the joint. I would like to discuss the diagnosis and assessment of pain due to ...

The researchers focused in particular on rates of new and existing cases of knee, hip, hand, and ‘other’ osteoarthritis and years of healthy life lost or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs ...

Background The effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for osteoarthritis (OA) is still controversial. We investigated the effect of PRP injections in patients with knee OA based on ...