To address the controversy, Kevin Chung and colleagues enrolled 163 rheumatoid arthritis patients with ... Patients with more-severe hand deformities at baseline, however, still had more-severe ...

Deformity: In advanced stages, fingers may become misaligned, mainly in rheumatoid arthritis. Limited movement: Reduced ability to move fingers and hands normally. Living with hand arthritis.

Both these entities have overlapping clinical features, especially when PMR presents with peripheral arthritis in ... However, classical rheumatoid hand deformities of the proximal interphalangeal ...