Signs & Symptoms

• Activity-related joint pain
• Morning stiffness <30 mins
• Symptoms worsen with activity
• Flare-ups: increased severity lasting 24hrs, resolves 3-8 days
• Joint swelling, deformity and effusions
• Decreased range of motion
• Joint malalignment
• Crepitus

Knee specific:

• Bilateral and symmetrical
• Giving way sensation
• Locking/popping
• Varus/valgus malalignment

Hip specific:

• Trendelenburg gait

Hand-specific:

• Heberden’s nodes (DIP joints)
• Bouchard’s nodes (PIP joints)
• Affects the CMC joint of the thumb
• Thenar muscle atrophy
• Decreased grip/pinch strength