Background: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) usually impaired range of motions (ROMs), especially hand and wrist active ROMs (AROMs), thus influencing their ability to perform daily activities ...
You may first notice rheumatoid arthritis in the knee, where symptoms are common, but RA can affect multiple joints throughout the body. A 2022 study of 1,458 people with an RA diagnosis (two-thirds ...
Monoclonal antibodies are novel therapeutic agents used with great success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Different parts of the immune system have been targeted by monoclonal ...
St. Luke’s Hand Surgeon David Kirby, MD, Returns to His Rural Roots by Seeing Patients in Orwigsburg and Tamaqua Orthopedic hand surgeon David Kirby, MD, born and raised in rural Missouri, spent many ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — The use of biologic and targeted therapies for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) surpassed more typical therapies in recent years, according to ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a form of arthritis and an autoimmune disease. An RA flare, also known as an exacerbation, occurs when a person experiences transient worsening of their rheumatoid ...
Knees, elbows, fingers, wrists, ankles—your body is full of places where your bones connect to one another. And at these intersections, just like the ones on the road, things can go wrong, from injury ...