Clinical rheumatology
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Clinical rheumatology · Dec 2003
Comparative StudyThe effect of hand osteoarthritis on grip and pinch strength and hand function in postmenopausal women.
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of osteoarthritis on hand function in postmenopausal women. One hundred patients with hand OA and 70 healthy volunteers as controls were evaluated. Grip and pinch strength measurements and Dreiser's functional index were used for hand function. ⋯ Also, pain and tenderness had significant (p<0.05) effects on hand function. Dreiser's total score ranged from 0 to 10 in 80 (80%) patients and from 11 to 20 in 20 patients. In conclusion, hand osteoarthritis contributes to hand dysfunction, mainly related to the severity of osteoarthritis, pain, joint involvement and the presence of nodules.
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The aim of this study was to determine the threshold for detecting knee effusion by ultrasound (US). Five knee specimens from embalmed cadavers were studied. ⋯ The smallest amount of fluid detectable by US in the knee was 7.4 ml for synovial fluid, 10.1 and 10.4 ml for saline solution and 9.7 for blood. The threshold for detecting knee joint effusion by US in cadaver specimens was 10 ml for saline and blood and 7 ml for synovial fluid.
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Clinical rheumatology · Dec 2003
Letter Case ReportsCiprofloxacin and Achilles' tendon rupture: a causal relationship.