“Doctor, my thumb hurts” How should you treat these common causes of nontraumatic thumb pain? Use this evidence-based review as a clinical decision-making guide.

Authors

Justin A. Crop, Nellis Air Force Base
Christopher W. Bunt, Offutt Air Force BaseFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2011

Citation

THE JOURNAL OF FAMILY PRACTICE | JUNE 2011 | VOL 60, NO 6

Comments

This document is a U.S. government work and is not subject to copyright in the United States.

Abstract

Among the many possible causes of nontraumatic thumb pain are 3 conditions that primary care physicians are likely to encounter again and again: de Quervain’s tenosynovitis (dQT), fi rst carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA), and trigger thumb (TT). Common as they are, however, there are no consensus guidelines for the treatment of these conditions.