Research Highlight Published: January 2008 Validating MRI and the OMERACT RAMRIS for assessing joint damage in RA Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology 4, 6 (2008) Cite this article ...

The debate started with a 1947 study in which researchers used serial radiographs to conclude that formation of gas bubbles in knuckle joints—or metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints—are what cause ...

Arnaud J. Van Wettere, Patrick T. Redig, Arthrodesis as a Treatment for Metacarpophalangeal Joint Luxation in 2 Raptors, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Mar., 2004), pp. 23-29 ...

There is swelling over the base of the thumb near the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint with tenderness to palpation on the ulnar side of the 1st MCP joint and a weakened pincer grasp.