Variability of proximal interphalangeal joint size measurements in normal adults

✍ Scribed by Eugene R. Heyman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 369 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780170112

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A study to determine the variability of PIP joint size measurements was performed among 24 normal adults. Joint size measurements were shown to be reproducible to within 2 mm, irrespective of the times at which they are taken. Size of the joint, age, sex, and menses had no significant effect upon the magnitude in which the PIP joints varied. A diurnal and a cyclic pattern was observed among all PIP joint sizes.