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Papers: 21 May 2022 - 27 May 2022


Human Studies


2022


Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis


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Ultrasound-detected inflammation is more common in clinically manifest hand osteoarthritis than in painless bony enlarged finger joints: subanalysis of the population-based Bruneck study.

Authors

Gasperi N, Schreiber N, Bosch P, Adinolfi A, Kleyer A, Hagen M, Gasperi C, Weger M, Kiechl S, Willeit J, Schett G, Iagnocco A, Gasperi A, Mayr A, Dejaco C
Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2022; 14:1759720X221096382.
PMID: 35586515.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine the extent of structural and inflammatory lesions by ultrasound in elderly subjects with hand osteoarthritis (HOA) fulfilling the ACR classification criteria (Group A), in subjects with painless enlarged finger joints (Group B), and in individuals without clinical abnormalities at hands (Group C).