geoffrey modest medical blogs

  A recent article assessed the prevalence, incidence, and progression of both radiologic and symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (see  hand OA prevalence and progression ArthRheum2022  in dropbox, or   https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42076     Details:  -- 3588 participants were selected from four clinical sites (Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Ohio State University, University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins University, and University of Pittsburgh), from February 2004 to May 2006  -- this cohort was selected initially of individuals at risk of knee OA (though excluding those with end-stage knee OA or inflammatory rheumatic disease), from the Osteoarthritis Initiative  -- at baseline, posteroanterior radiographs of one or both hands were obtained along with questions about hand symptoms  -- radiological OA was defined as a Kellgren/Lawrence (K/L) score of at least 2 (this is cutpoint for definition of OA)      -- K/L score 1: doubtful joint space narrowing and possible osteophytic lipping