A physician who understands hEDS should provide a diagnosis. If your thumb and/or other joints are over-flexible, it can lead to early arthritis, says Dr. Dasgupta. Impaired grip strength or ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb is not always, but can be related to the below conditions: Joint hypermobility means your joints move beyond the normal range due to extra loose ligaments, explains Dr. Dasgupta, ...

The results reported are on the 45 patients available for follow-up examination. Of the 45 patients (54 arthroplasties), 42 were women aged 41 to 83 years (average age, 61 years) at the time of ...

Our primary purpose was to compare nonoperative treatment with surgical repair and surgical reconstruction of thumb UCL injuries. A secondary purpose was to compare graft choice and surgical ...

Abstract: In this article, a position control strategy is proposed for a triple-joint pneumatic finger with angle sensors using a tendon-driven technique. Measurement noise from the angle sensors is ...

A total of 22 dactylitic joints (5 finger joints in 4 fingers (2 IP joints of the thumbs, 2 proximal IP (PIP) joints and 1 metacarpophalangeal joint) and 17 toe joints in 8 toes (3 IP joints of the ...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that a lack of coordination between U.K. police and intelligence agencies is partly responsible for a surge in the number of ...