Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes your body to mistakenly attack healthy joints and leads to widespread inflammation. RA is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. It causes the body to attack ...

Roughly 82 percent of participants were women. To measure pain, researchers used the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC). The WOMAC involves participants scoring pain ...

Pain relief is the most important goal of treating osteoarthritis (OA). When joints don’t hurt, it’s easier to move, manage everyday activities, and exercise. There are many options for treating OA ...

If you have rheumatoid arthritis (RA), low-impact exercise can help prevent stiff joints, build muscle, improve endurance, and benefit your heart, bones, and mood. Rheumatoid arthritis is a ...

Osteoarthritis need not be the end of the world — or a stellar tennis career. After years of pain, three-time Grand Slam tennis champion Andy Murray had surgery to 'resurface' his hip joint that ...

Arthritis cannot be cured, but an effective arthritis treatment plan can help you manage the disease. The goals of arthritis treatment are to control pain and other symptoms, minimize joint damage and ...

67-36). FIGURE 67-36. Glenohumeral joint injection aspiration and injection. (From Gatter RA. Arthrocentesis technique and intrasynovial therapy. In: Koopman WJ, ed. Arthritis and Allied Conditions: ...

Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) has emerged as a widely accepted intervention for glenohumeral osteoarthritis (GHOA), with an anticipated increase in procedural rates. This trend has significantly ...

People who smoke are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are less likely to respond to RA treatment. Smoking can also intensify symptoms and lead to additional health complications.

Inflammatory arthritis is joint inflammation caused by an overactive immune system. It usually affects many joints throughout the body at the same time but could involve just one joint. Inflammatory ...