ALLMedicine™ Hand Pain Center

Jul 28th, 2021 - Randomized control trial. Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of hand pain and disability. Standard conservative therapy (SCT) for thumb CMC OA includes an orthosis and instruction in joint protection, adaptive equipm...

Jun 25th, 2021 - A 46-year-old woman with a history of end-stage renal disease on chronic haemodialysis presented with 1 week of fever, chills, altered mental status and hand pain. She was febrile and ill-appearing on presentation with a pulse rate of 102 beats pe...

Jun 25th, 2021 - Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common condition, causing pain, stiffness and reduced quality of life. Incidence is higher amongst women, particularly around the age of the menopause. Whilst the relationship between sex hormones and OA has been stud...

May 21st, 2021 - Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the metacarpal head is rare, and there is no clear consensus on treatment. The main aim of this study was to discuss the possible pathologic-mechanics of its development, epidemiology, radiographic features, and outcome...

Mar 27th, 2021 - To explore Bayesian networks (BNs) in understanding the relationships between musculoskeletal symptoms and the development of PsA in people with psoriasis. Incident cases of psoriasis were identified between 1998 and 2015 from the UK Clinical Rese...

Oct 31st, 2018 - This randomized controlled trial graduate student research study will explore the effect of non-surgical intervention of the dorsal application of Kinesio Tape for carpal tunnel syndrome, and forearm wrist hand pain. Little evidence exists for an ...

Sep 29th, 2015 - The study design is divided into two parts. First the investigators will follow a non-experimental nature design. Based on the results of this exploratory study we will then start a three-armed parallel-group study with equal randomization (1:1:1)...

Feb 22nd, 2012 - This is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a new dental tool handle design on hand and arm symptoms among dentists and dental hygienists who perform dental scaling. This will be a 4 month intervention in the practitioner's wo...

Jan 13th, 2020 - ATLANTA – Dutch investigators at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology made a good case for 6 weeks of low-dose prednisolone to help people with hand osteoarthritis get over a particularly bad spell. M.

Nov 17th, 2017 - Action Points Note that this observational cohort study found a higher-than-expected rate of rheumatic complaints among patients exposed to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Be aware that rheumatic symptoms were more common among the individuals who h...

Jan 30th, 2017 - In a traditional office setting, workflow through the major tasks (check-in, data gathering, diagnosis, treatment) is often linear, as dictated by the configuration of individual patient rooms and the patient’s expectations of a traditional doctor.

Jun 27th, 2016 - 2. A 75-year-old woman presented to her family physician (FP) with pain in both hands.

Apr 29th, 2016 - Action Points Note that this observational study found no association between a history of gout and the presence of osteoarthritis. Be aware that the sample size, just 53 patients with gout, limits the precision of this (null) finding. No statisti...