Unlike synovitis, the presence of joint effusions on MRI among patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA) was not associated with pain or progression, Dutch researchers reported. Pain in a specific joint ...

The most damaging complication associated with primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is prosthetic joint infection. Fortunately, the infection risk is low, with an estimated 1% to 2% incidence of ...

1 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Research Laboratory, Department of Human Services, University of Virginia, PO Box 400407, 210 Emmet Street, South, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4407, USA 2 Sports ...

Some amount of fluid around your knee is necessary — it helps cushion your bones and keeps the joint limber. But if too much fluid accumulates, it can lead to an effusion (or an abnormal collection of ...

New MR techniques show that facet joint effusion (the collection of fluid in the spinal joints) and interspinal ligament edema (swelling of the interspinal ligaments) are major sources of lower back ...

Radiographic examination of the left knee reveals a small bony object in the center of the joint. In the absence of trauma, this object may be a “joint mouse” resulting from osteochondritis dissecans.

Of all causes, overuse is the most common reason for an infused knee. Fluid buildup is your body’s way of protecting the area from extra damage. You may have minor swelling after a vigorous activity.

Researchers in China have found no statistically significant advantage for infrapatellar fat pad glucocorticoid injection ...

Of 30 patients with gonococcal arthritis seen between 1963 and 1967 the characteristic skin lesions of gonococcemia were noted in 15 and often served as an early clue to the diagnosis. Two clinical ...