These may render injection into the small joint space difficult. This joint is the articulation of the first metacarpal with the trapezium bone of the wrist. Extension and abduction of the thumb ...

Or, the cartilage pad between the wrist joint (trapezium) and the joint at the base of the thumb (first carpometacarpal) can wear out. This can cause stiffness, pain, and disability that a doctor ...

Meals: No. Simmons: Dr. Adams, why do you prefer implant arthroplasty for treatment of osteoarthritis of the thumb CMC joint? Brian D. Adams, MD: First, in my opinion implant arthroplasty is ...

The first CMC joint is the second-most common location of OA in the hand but is the most frequent cause of functional disability due to the importance of the thumb. Other causes of pain in this ...

Carpometacarpal osteoarthritis is also known as osteoarthritis of the thumb or CMC joint arthritis. Symptoms can include pain and swelling. Treatment typically includes icing, splinting ...

First patient dosed with AllocetraTM in thumb osteoarthritis, a degenerative, debilitating and progressive disease that affects millions of people Thumb osteoarthritis currently has no FDA ...

But dexterity comes at a price – an increased risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in the first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, where the thumb meets the trapezium bone in the wrist. Thumb arthritis is ...

Most improvement occurred in the first three months ... of Nonsurgical Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.