Split hand syndrome is a potential sign of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This means that some of the muscles in the hand are weak and thin (atrophied), while others are less affected.

Hand pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) has a variable course but can be predicted by factors such as body mass index, employment status, coping style, and mental health. Investigators conducted a ...

Relief could be on the way for people with painful hand osteoarthritis after a new study found an affordable existing drug can help. Until now there has been no effective treatment. The paper ...

About 374 patients (mean age, 63.6 years; 80.7% women) in Norway with hand OA were randomly assigned to care by occupational therapists (n = 188) or rheumatologists (n = 186) between September 2017 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with arthritis had longer follow-up in the hand clinic after carpal tunnel release. After carpal tunnel ...

If one (or more) of your fingers feel sore and stiff throughout the day—and extra-tender at the moment you open your eyes in the morning—you could be dealing with osteoarthritis of the hands. For ...

The old chemotherapy drug has long been used to treat certain cancers, psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Overall, pain improved twice as much with methotrexate as it did without the drug, the study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New hand osteoarthritis classification criteria from EULAR discriminate between interphalangeal and thumb base ...

This study found no significant associations between weight changes and outcomes in hand osteoarthritis. There was no evidence suggesting that changes in weight are associated with progression or ...