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Relationship between finger and wrist deformities in rheumatoid arthritis. 1990

Z Gnjidić, and N Kurtagić

Institute of Rheumatology, Zagreb.

Ulnar deviation of fingers in rheumatoid arthritis is known to be very frequently associated with the radial deviation of the hand. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that there is a significant correlation between the position of the wrist and metacarpophalangeal angulation in common rheumatoid hand deformities. Measurements were carried out on standard radiographs of the hands from two comparative groups: 50 adult patients (100 hands) with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis and the control group of 40 adults (80 hands) suffering from no rheumatoid arthritis but coming for routine check up relating to some degenerative diseases. The results showed a statistically significant relationship between finger and wrist deformities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis but not in normal controls.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger
D006227	Hand Deformities, Acquired	Deformities of the hand, or a part of the hand, acquired after birth as the result of injury or disease.	Acquired Hand Deformities,Acquired Hand Deformity,Deformities, Acquired Hand,Deformity, Acquired Hand,Hand Deformity, Acquired
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D001172	Arthritis, Rheumatoid	A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.	Rheumatoid Arthritis