title: Relationship between finger and wrist deformities in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that there is a significant correlation between the position of the wrist and metacarpophalangeal angulation in the common rheumatoid hand deformities. Measurements were carried out on radiographs of the hand from 2 comparative groups: 67 patients (134 hands) with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and a control series of 50 adults (100 hands) attending the routine fracture clinic. Rheumatoid patients were unselected and included those with a variety of hand deformities. The results showed a statistically significant relationship between finger and wrist deformities in patients with RA but not in the normal controls.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*