Disease relevance of Finger Joint

• A novel ultrasonographic synovitis scoring system suitable for analyzing finger joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis [1].
• CONCLUSION: RAMRIS analysis of MRI scans of the forefeet detected synovitis and bone edema in patients with early RA in whom MRI of the finger joints was normal [2].
• This is the 3rd reported case of malignant lymphoma with concomitant silicone lymphadenopathy discovered 8 years after insertion of silastic finger joint arthroplasty for longstanding rheumatoid arthritis [3].
• Comparisons among heterozygotes demonstrated more math problems, hand biting, strabismus, high-arched palate, hyperextensible finger joints, and flat feet in impaired heterozygotes than in normal heterozygotes [4].
• Five women with osteoarthritis and 10 with rheumatoid arthritis and finger joint involvement wore a pressure gradient glove, a control glove, or no glove in a randomly assigned sequence [5].

High impact information on Finger Joint

• METHODS: Both hands of 14 patients with SLE of various activities and durations and with arthritis and/or deformities of the finger joints were examined by MRI and conventional radiography [6].
• Optimal performance at the finger joint was attained over the range of angular velocities from 10 degrees to 80 degrees/s. Optimal performance at both more proximal joints was optimal over a wider range (2 degrees-80 degrees/s) [7].
• High resolution ultrasound detects a decrease in pannus vascularisation of small finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment with soluble tumour necrosis factor alpha receptor (etanercept) [8].
• If radiographic OA of different hand and finger joint groups was present, participants were categorised as having generalised OA (GOA) [9].
• Erbium-169 colloid was almost exclusively used to treat finger joints (31/33 centres) [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Finger Joint

• During this position of the finger joints bowstringing of the flexor tendon is applying very high load to the flexor tendon pulleys and can cause injuries and overuse syndromes [11].
• Radiologically defined osteoarthrosis in the finger joints of adult residents of Zagreb [12].

Anatomical context of Finger Joint

• A spectroscopic technique was used to characterize the synovium of the small finger joints in both early and late rheumatoid arthritis [13].
• In general, use of a curved finger position, with a large metacarpophalangeal joint flexion angle and a small proximal interphalangeal joint flexion angle, reduces flexor tendon tension and resultant finger joint force [14].
• X-rays of 20 finger joints, 10 foot joints and 2 wrists of 50 female patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of 10-15 years' duration from 1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 were evaluated blindly for erosions [15].
• Best suited for using this splint are rheumatoid arthritis patients who are unable to hold parallel bars without marked pain in the hands or fingers, contracture of the wrist joint, or dislocation of finger joints [16].

Associations of Finger Joint with chemical compounds

• Erbium--169 versus triamcinolone hexacetonide in the treatment of rheumatoid finger joints [17].
• METHODS: MRI was obtained before and after contrast (gadodiamide) injection of the wrist and finger joints in 103 patients and 7 controls [18].
• Chondroitin sulfate: S/DMOAD (structure/disease modifying anti-osteoarthritis drug) in the treatment of finger joint OA [19].
• Among the methamphetamine-dependent patients, 20.5% reported self-amputated finger joints compared with none in the other patient groups [20].
• After 1 year of implantation in animals, changes in the 1H T2 relaxation times and the NMR spectra were observed in polydimethylsiloxane, Silastic sheets and chin implants, while these measurements remain unchanged in finger joints [21].

Gene context of Finger Joint

• OBJECTIVE: High resolution ultrasound (HRUS) was used to investigate the effects of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) blockade on pannus formation and vascularisation of small finger joints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [8].
• Arthritis in the finger joints was associated with clinical psoriasis but was also a frequent finding in HLA B27-positive patients free from this condition (23%) [22].
• Dependent variables were tendon travel, wrist deviation, wrist and finger joint kinematics, and Borg comfort rating [23].
• A computer-controlled MCP joint arthrograph was developed to measure the stiffness of finger joints objectively [24].
• The legends of his story and his role in the Hundred Years War were immortalized by William Shakespeare in his play Henry VI Part I, but neither Shakespeare nor historians documented that the Earl actually had abnormal finger joints [25].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Finger Joint

• Assessment of proximal finger joint inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, using a novel laser-based imaging technique [26].
• Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are also associated with an erosive or destructive arthropathy of finger joints, which is not explained by local amyloid deposition [27].
• Under license from Goodyear, this same polymer has been manufactured by Lord Corporation for the hinge portion of finger joint prostheses using the tradename Bion [28].

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