IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Ultrasonography reveals tendon involvement in nearly 70% of the patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA), with no significant impact on hand function or pain. Tendon damage was more frequent in the ...

Hand pain can happen for many reasons. An injury or disease of the muscles, nerves, or tendons in your hand can cause pain. Arthritis, tendonitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome are common causes of hand ...

ROME — Tenosynovitis detected with a brief ultrasound examination predicts rheumatoid arthritis in patients who present with early undifferentiated disease, and is particularly helpful in seronegative ...

Intersection syndrome is inflammation and swelling of tendons in the wrist and back of the forearm. It is a rare form of tendonitis but is more common in people that play sports. Tendons are thick ...

Most patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand also showed inflammation and/or damage to hand tendons, a single-center study indicated. Among 86 patients with hand OA, 70% showed involvement of at ...

Hand osteoarthritis is swelling and irritation -- called inflammation--that causes pain and stiffness in the joints of your hands. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. It happens when ...

Researchers created a robot hand that is so accurate it has almost the same dexterity as a human hand. That alone is enough to improve the motion capabilities in prosthetics in a way that has never ...

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