A radiological study of the rheumatoid hand in black South Africans.
OBJECTIVE
To determine wrist and hand involvement in black South African patients with rheumatoid arthritis.


METHODS
Larsen scoring of the wrist and hand was done in 75 patients. The mean finger score was 9.67 (range 0 - 100) on the left hand and 10.3 (range 0 - 100) on the right. Scores for the wrists were 2.5 (range 0 - 5) for the left and 2.7 (range 0 - 5) for the right.


CONCLUSIONS
Finger and thumb involvement were considerably less in the South African black population than in other series consisting mainly of white patients.
Maritz
N G J
NG
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pretoria, South Africa. nmaritz@med.up.ac.za
Gerber
A J
AJ
Greyling
S J
SJ
Sandra
B B
BB
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging