- See:
Predisposing Conditions
- OA of Hip:
- pain on wt-bearing felt in the groin, buttock, or medial thigh;
- trendelenburg gait will decrease mechanical stress on joint and
thereby lessen pain (forces acting on hip joint);
- pain during sleep results from loss of protective function of muscular splinting;
- in some cases, a patient w/ OA of the hip will experience acute hip pain
which often correlates w/ rupture of subcondral cyst into the joint;
- OA of Fingers and Hand:
- occurs most often in fifth or sixth decade of life;
- gradual onset of pain in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints;
- aggravating nocturnal fingertip pain and paresthesias may develop;
- Heberden's nodes:
- cystic swellings containing gelatinous hyaluronic acid appear on the
dorsolateral aspects of DIP joints (see Mucous Cyst);
- metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints are typically spared;
- see basal joint arthritis:
