title: Deterioration of trapeziometacarpal arthritis due to trigger thumb: a biomechanical evaluation.
abstract: Patients with trigger thumb and trapeziometacarpal joint arthritis accompanied by swan-neck deformity of their first rays find that their arthritic pain becomes worse whenever their thumbs "catch." Six hands with adduction contracture and arthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint are studied biomechanically and demonstrate significantly excessive shear forces (p less than 0.01) around their trapeziometacarpal joint relative to six normal hands. Increased pain with deformity suggests aggressive treatment of trigger thumb in cases such as these.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pruzansky
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Siffert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013933:Thumb / Q000503:physiopathology*