Metacarpophalangeal pattern profile (MCPP) was analyzed in 14 Japanese children (mean age 6.7 years old) with Sotos syndrome. The patients were divided into 2 groups based on age; group 1 (n=8): 6 ...

Published results showed radiographic metacarpophalangeal osteoarthritis was associated with mechanical factors and was especially associated with severe radiographic proximal interphalangeal ...

Each finger is composed of three phalangeal bones that articulate at three joints: the metacarpophalangeal joint between the metacarpal bone and the proximal phalanx, the proximal interphalangeal ...

Artificial metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and interphalangeal (IP) joints are used primarily to treat the pain of severe end-stage arthritis. 2.1.2 Conservative treatments for arthritis of the hand include ...

The primary metacarpophalangeal or proximal interphalangeal joints of these patients were randomly assigned to receive up to three injections of collagenase clostridium histolyticum (at a dose of ...

Evidence-based recommendations on artificial metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint replacement for end-stage arthritis. This involves removing the diseased joints and replacing them with ...

A healthy 25-year-old man presented with worsening pain and swelling over the ring finger metacarpophalangeal joint and mild scissoring of the index finger 11 months after a procedure for a ...

A 10-year-old boy presented with a 2-day history of nausea, vomiting, malaise and fatigue as well as increasing pain, redness and swelling of his right foot and leg, right elbow and the fifth ...

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to our rheumatology ward for evaluation and treatment of seronegative polyarthritis. She had a three-year history of peripheral symmetric arthritis involving her ...

Presentation and diagnosis Trigger finger may be idiopathic, but it is common in early and late rheumatoid arthritis. It can affect any or all of the flexor tendons of the fingers in the palm. A ...

Two raptors, a juvenile prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus) and an adult female great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), were presented with luxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint. Additionally, the ...