Iulian Nusem, MD, and colleagues reported the successful case of a closed reduction and spica casting for an isolated thumb CMC joint dislocation in a 10-year-old female patient.

This can cause stiffness, pain, and disability that a doctor can correct with carpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty, otherwise known as total thumb joint replacement.

For more information on CMC joint pain of the thumb, do not hesitate to call Melanie Northup, OTR at the Sterling Hand Clinic. Mark McDonald is a physical therapist with 34 years of practice in ...

For patients undergoing carpometacarpal (CMC) joint surgery for treatment of thumb osteoarthritis, the use of online video instruction for postoperative hand therapy is associated with outcomes ...

Waltham — March 15, 2024 — For patients undergoing carpometacarpal (CMC) joint surgery for treatment of thumb osteoarthritis, the use of online video instruction for postoperative hand therapy ...

Published results showed intra-articular injection provided significantly greater pain relief and functional improvement of thumb carpometacarpal joint arthritis at 3 months compared with extra ...

More information: Provision of a home-based video-assisted therapy program is non-inferior to in-person hand therapy after thumb CMC arthroplasty, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2024).

Osteoarthritis of the thumb is a chronic condition causing pain, stiffness and occasional clicking and swelling in the joint at the base of thumb (also known as the carpometacarpal or CMC joint).

But dexterity comes at a price – an increased risk of osteoarthritis (OA) in the first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, where the thumb meets the trapezium bone in the wrist.