Published in:
01-03-2022 | Joint Pain | Letters of Biomedical and Clinical Research
Correlation between atmospheric variables and strength of squeeze test in patients with hand arthralgia
Authors:
Pablo Herrera-Sandate, David Vega-Morales, Gabriel Figueroa-Parra, Jesus Alberto Cardenas-de la Garza, Brenda Roxana Vazquez-Fuentes, Hazel Badillo-Rodriguez, David Guzman-de la Garza, Dionicio Angel Galarza-Delgado
Published in:
Clinical Rheumatology
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Issue 3/2022
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Excerpt
Hand arthralgia is a nonspecific symptom of several diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis [
1]. General population and patients who live with chronic pain have reported an increase in pain perception when weather variables fluctuate [
2]. Furthermore, the perception of joint pain in patients with rheumatic diseases has been independently associated with weather variables [
3]. The squeeze test (ST) maneuver is an easy to use, inexpensive tool employed in patients with hand arthralgia. We have previously studied the ST maneuver utility to screen for patients with hand arthralgia and the necessary strength in kilograms (kg) to reproduce pain [
4]. We hypothesized that a variation in weather variables might be associated with a decrease in squeeze strength to yield a positive maneuver. …
