Modern Views on the Diagnosis and Assessment of the Quality of Life of Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hand Joints

Osteoarthritis of the hand-paw joints (OA) is a social problem due to its prevalence among people of working age. According to various studies, the prevalence of the disease is from 6.8 to 51%. The triad of main clinical signs: pain and numbness in the joints of the fingers, various degrees of functional disorders and deformation of the fingers. Despite the similarity of clinical signs, the severity of the disease differs due to damage to the subchondral part of the bone, synovial layer, ligaments, capsule and periarticular muscles. We examined 54 women aged 45-75 years with symptomatic OA of the hand joints, counted the number of painful and deformed joints, evaluated pain according to VASH, ultrasound and X-ray examination we spent The control group consisted of 20 women of the same age without OA of the wrist joints. Comparing the results of echography in two groups, it was found that the number of joints with osteophytes, synovitis, erosion, synovial hypertrophy and effusion was significantly higher in the main group than in the control group.