Prevalence, Incidence, and Progression of Radiographic and Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis: The Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Charles B EatonLena F SchaeferJeffrey DuryeaJeff B DribanGrace H LoMary B RobertsIda K HaugenBing LuMichael C NevittMarc C HochbergRebecca D JacksonC K KwohTimothy McAlindon

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)

Hand OA is a heterogeneous disease with complex differences by age, sex, race, hand symptoms, and patterns of specific joints affected. Further research investigating the mechanisms behind these differences, whether mechanical, metabolic, hormonal, or constitutional, is warranted.

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