Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis: Incidence and Predictive Characteristics Among Participants in the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Timothy E McAlindonJeffrey B DribanMary B RobertsJeffrey DuryeaIda K HaugenLena F SchaeferStacy E SmithAlexander MathiessenCharles B EatonPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
These findings demonstrate that erosive hand OA is more common in older women and is strongly associated with severity of articular structural damage and its progression. Individuals who develop erosive hand OA have thinner bones prior to erosive hand OA development and as it progresses, suggesting that erosive hand OA is a disorder of skeletal frailty.