When it becomes a challenge to open a jar of jam, it’s often not the lid that’s the cause – it’s your joints. Arthrosis in ...

Ultrasound-detected dactylitis lesions may help identify patients with psoriasis who are at risk for psoriatic arthritis and ...

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MOST of us don’t give our joints much thought – but our bodies have around 350 of them, and they’re pretty important. From the tiny ones in our toes to our shoulders, hips and knees, our ...

Osteoarthritis is a common chronic health condition that is characterised by joint pain and restricted movement. The main ...

But a new test involving two markers found in the synovial fluid of patients' joints might be able to help ... On the other hand, IL-8 is low in osteoarthritis but elevated in people with ...

Some changes in your feet and ankles are normal during pregnancy. Pregnancy feet – aka swelling, itching and pain that some women experience during pregnancy – are not uncommon. Here's how to care for ...

There are two types that can affect the hands and fingers, causing pain either directly or indirectly: Synovial cysts develop in the fluid-filled space between joints, causing the compression of ...

Methods: Twenty seven healthy volunteers (15 women, 12 men; mean age 45 years, range 18–93) with a total of 324 joints were examined by DUS. The synovial vascularisation was determined by colour ...

They come in different shapes, sizes and types. We’re most likely to experience discomfort in our knee, hip, elbow, hand and spine joints. These moveable connections contain something called synovial ...

These exercises encourage the flow of synovial fluid (egg-white-like fluid found within the joint cavity) to hydrate the avascular cartilage tissue and assist the uptake of nutrients through mobility ...

Arthritis Foundation. Hand and wrist anatomy. American Academy of Orthopaedic ... National Cancer Institute. Synovial sarcoma. Shehab R, Mirabelli MH. Evaluation and diagnosis of wrist pain: a ...