Therapy consisted of either conservative management, steroid injections, radiosynoviorthesis or a ... interphalangeal (PIP), distal interphalangeal (DIP) or metacarpophalangeal (MCP joint capsulitis ...

Injection of a corticosteroid and surgery was discussed as ... 3 Additionally, degeneration of the MCP joint can lead to an osteophyte or a ganglion cyst that can lead to a carpal boss. If the carpal ...

If patients were referred for aspiration/injection of more than one joint ... joint arthritis (n=29), mainly involving the MTP or metacarpophalangeal joints. Fourteen patients had medium or large ...

None of the participants received pharmacological medications for spasticity and tone (i.e., Botulinum toxin injection to the upper limb ... was to determine timing and muscle activity during MCP ...

Patients were excluded if they had received recent (<6 weeks) glucocorticoid (GC) injection ... (MCP) and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints) and larger joints (wrist, elbow, tarsometatarsal, tibiotalar ...

Contrast-enhanced MRI was obtained after intravenous injection of 10 mL of gadolinium diethylene ... 2 proximal IP (PIP) joints and 1 metacarpophalangeal joint) and 17 toe joints in 8 toes (3 IP ...

Injections into injured joints and tissues have exploded in the last decade. Though they all seem to work, here are some of what we don’t know. Joint injections used to be either cortisone or ...

This important study focused on characterizing clonally derived MSC populations from the synovium of normal and osteoarthritis (OA) patients, demonstrating their potential to regenerate cartilage in ...

If the medicine stops your pain, then it's likely that the SI joint is causing your pain. Injections. Your doctor may inject your SI joint with cortisone to ease the inflammation and pain in your ...

Heat or ice packs may also help ease the pain. Periodic corticosteroid injections into the MTP joint may also provide temporary relief in some people, like those with hallux rigidus. Certain kinds ...