The distal interphalangeal joint (DIP) and thumb basilar joint (base of the thumb) are the most common places in the hand to experience arthritic symptoms. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune ...

A total of 22 dactylitic joints (5 finger joints in 4 fingers (2 IP joints of the thumbs, 2 proximal IP (PIP) joints and 1 metacarpophalangeal joint) and 17 toe joints in 8 toes (3 IP joints of the ...

Objective: To assess the learning curve for ultrasonography in evaluating synovitis of the small joints in rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: Metacarpophalangeal (MCP), metatarsophalangeal (MTP), and ...

Ligaments are tough connective tissues that control joint movement. The ligaments around the wrist joint help stabilize your hand position. They also allow you to make controlled motions. A sprain ...

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson drew a flagrant foul and the wrath of Detroit Pistons fans for an eye poke Thursday night ...

Military movies frequently depict soldiers communicating with a flurry of hand signals, but what exactly do those signals ...

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, ...

The dream of robots with a sense of touch has now come true. Psyonic have created the Ability Hand, improving greatly on the bionic hands that have come before. What is it capable of?

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, director Joe Wright has ...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Jabaley-Songcharoen Center for Hand, Upper Extremity and Nerve Surgery in Jackson has become the first facility worldwide to earn a hand surgery center ...

Marques Brownlee reviewed a cutting edge carbon fiber bionic hand by PSYONIC that uses electrical impulses to fully ...