Arthritis at the base of the thumb is one of the most common locations and can be very disabling. Because the strength and motion of the thumb is required for nearly every activity - whether writing, ...

The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint, called the carpometacarpal ...

What is basal joint arthritis? Also called basal thumb arthritis, this is arthritis in the basal joint at the base of the thumb. The basal joint is where the metacarpal bone of the thumb meets the ...

How Thumb Arthritis Develops Problems often start when the thick ligaments ... To accomplish this, surgeons remove all or part of the trapezium bone in the wrist at the base of the thumb. A nearby ...

13 However, in recent years, hand OA has attracted more attention, and new data have become available on several pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, including but not limited to: ...

In hand OA, the joints most commonly affected by OA are the wrists, the joints at the base of the thumb, the middle finger joints and the joints closest to fingernails. In the finger joints, OA can ...

med.lu.se Objective It is postulated that increased load from pinch and grasp in occupational tasks increases the risk of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC1) osteoarthritis (OA). We sought to characterise ...

Correspondence to Professor Francis Berenbaum, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Department of Rheumatology, Hopital Saint Antoine, 184 rue du faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, France; francis.berenbaum ...

Commonly diagnosed hand and wrist conditions include carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome, ganglion cyst and basal joint ...

The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint, called the carpometacarpal (CMC) ...

Basal joint arthritis, also called arthritis of the thumb, occurs when the joint at the base of your thumb develops arthritis. Arthritis is a disease which attacks or destroys a joint, causing severe ...