Affiliation:
1. Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease of unknown origin characterized by inflammatory changes in the synovial tissue of joints, cartilage and bone, and less frequently in extra-articular sites. The rheumatoid hand, the term used to describe the characteristic deformities of the hands of patients with RA, typically includes varying degrees of thumb deformity, finger deformities, and ulnar deviation. One of the many treatment approaches in RA hand deformities is the splinting approach. In this case, the results of splinting applied to hand deformities in a patient with RA are presented.
Publisher
Ahi Evran Medical Journal, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Engineering,General Environmental Science
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