Patterns and natural history of hand pain in individuals with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis in a prospective cohort study: A post-hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial

In a population with significant hand pain, pain in both CMC and IP joints was most common and identified a more severe phenotype than pain in IP or CMC only with higher pain, more functional limitation and pain sensitization. These data have the potential to inform clinical management of patients with hand pain and patient selection in clinical trials.