Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, affecting 31 million people in the U.S., says Marcy O'Koon, senior director, consumer health, Arthritis Foundation. The degenerative joint disease ...

Q: I have osteoarthritis of my hands. Are any treatments particularly effective for this condition? A: Osteoarthritis causes stiffness and pain in the joints. It develops when cartilage – the tissue ...

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When arthritis affects hand joints, daily activities can become difficult. Osteoarthritis of the hands usually occurs later in life, with specific joints often affected more than others. The joints ...

Evidence showing the positive impact of physical activity on fatigue in symptomatic osteoarthritis is encouraging but limited, according to a speaker at the 2022 OARSI World Congress. “Fatigue is a ...

Evidence from high-quality clinical trials for the management of hand OA is limited and, therefore, recommendations are mostly based on expert opinion and medication is often prescribed off-label ...

A new study concludes that aerobic activities, including cycling or swimming and other types of exercises, may be best for ...

The 2018 update of recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis (OA) from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) incorporate new evidence developed during the last decade, ...

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 ...