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Marshall, M, Watt, FE, Vincent, TL and Dziedzic, KSG (2018) Hand osteoarthritis: clinical phenotypes, molecular mechanisms and disease management. Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 14. pp. 641-656. ISSN 1759-4790
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Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent condition and the hand is the most commonly affected site. Patients with hand OA frequently report symptoms of pain, functional limitations, and frustration in undertaking everyday activities. The condition presents clinically with changes to the bone, ligaments, cartilage and synovial tissue, which can be observed using radiography, ultrasonography or MRI. Hand OA is a heterogeneous disorder and is considered to be multifactorial in aetiology. This review provides an overview of the epidemiology, presentation and burden of hand OA, including an update on hand OA imaging (including the development of novel techniques), disease mechanisms and management. In particular, areas for which new evidence has substantially changed the way we understand, consider and treat hand OA are highlighted. For example, genetic studies, clinical trials and careful prospective imaging studies from the past 5 years are beginning to provide insights into the pathogenesis of hand OA that might uncover new therapeutic targets in disease.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Nature Publishing Group at http://www.nature.com/nrrheum/ - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC925 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2018 11:20 |
Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2019 01:30 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/5413 |