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Hand Pain Depends on More Than Osteoarthritis Severity & Psych Profile

  |  Issue: October 2020  |  

Thomas R. Collins is a freelance writer living in South Florida.

Reference

  1. Pettersen PS, Neogi T, Magnusson K, et al. Peripheral and central sensitization of pain in individuals with hand osteoarthritis and associations with self-reported pain severity. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jul;71(7):1070–1077.

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