Articular Hypermobility Protects Against Hand Osteoarthritis

Articular hypermobility protects against hand osteoarthritis (OA), according to the results of a family-based study published in the July issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.

“It is widely believed that premature OA may be a direct consequence of hypermobility,” write V. B. Kraus, MD, PhD, from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues. “Very few studies have evaluated the association of articular hypermobility and radiographic OA in humans.”

I presume that I'm at a lower risk for wrist OA. It is music to my ears from my guitars forever then.