Two-Year Changes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features and Pain in Thumb Base Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the two-year course of pain and osteoarthritic features on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the thumb base.

Methods

Patients in the Hand Osteoarthritis in Secondary Care (HOSTAS) cohort who had received radiographic examination, MRI, and clinical examination of the right thumb base at baseline and who had a 2-year follow-up period were studied. Pain on palpation of the thumb base was assessed on a 0-3 scale. MRIs were analyzed with the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) thumb base osteoarthritis MRI scoring system for synovitis, bone marrow lesions (BMLs), subchondral bone defects, cartilage space loss, osteophytes, and subluxation. Radiographs were assessed for osteophytes and joint space narrowing. We studied the associations of changes

SUBMITTER: van Beest S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596842 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature