1. What is articular gelling?
2. How long should morning stiffness last in OA?
3. What is the name for the spur formation that occurs at the DIP and PIP joints?
4. What is DISH?
Answers:
1. Stiffness lasting short periods that dissipates after initial ROM.
2. Less than 30 minutes. Symptoms become worse as day goes on.
3. DIP: Heberden's nodes. PIP: Bouchard's nodes.
4. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis is a variant of primary OA when osteophytes extending along the spine lead to spinal fusion, spanning at least three discs. It is most common in the T and TL spine, most prevalent in white males >60.
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