“The key to a successful exercise program is variety. Completing a balance of aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and flexibility ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence showing the positive impact of physical activity on fatigue in symptomatic osteoarthritis is ...

Arthritis is not a single disease but a family of disorders that attack joints and the tiny, complex joints in our hands and fingers are among the most commonly affected. Two patterns are responsible ...

When arthritis affects hand joints, daily activities can become difficult. Osteoarthritis of the hands usually occurs later in life, with specific joints often affected more than others. The joints ...

About 374 patients (mean age, 63.6 years; 80.7% women) in Norway with hand OA were randomly assigned to care by occupational therapists (n = 188) or rheumatologists (n = 186) between September 2017 ...

During their lifetime, one in two women and one in four men will experience hand osteoarthritis, a disabling condition that can result in pain, joint stiffness, functional limitations, and sometimes ...

The stiffness and pain of osteoarthritis of the hands usually occur later in life. The hand joints most often affected are where the thumb and wrist joint, the joint closest to the fingertip, and the ...

Osteoarthritis, a condition that affects the joints, is growing increasingly common. Although exercise is a useful lifestyle intervention to ease pain, experts are unsure of the best type of exercise ...

A new study has found that methotrexate, a widely available and affordable drug that’s usually prescribed as a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, is effective at reducing the pain and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, low- and high-dose exercise therapies were associated with similar improvements among patients with ...