Although often viewed as benign injuries, clavicular fractures can lead to complications, particularly nonunions. The nonunion rate has been reported to be between 0.1% and 15%. Contributing ...

An osteophyte is a bony outgrowth or “bone spur” that develops slowly over time in and around joints. Bone spurs often do not cause symptoms. They usually only cause pain if they impinge on other ...

2 The AC joint is a diarthrodial joint with a fibrocartilaginous meniscal disc separating the distal clavicle and the acromion. It is stabilised by the capsule, superior and inferior AC ligaments and ...

Objectives: To examine the size and direction of osteophyte in knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to determine associations between osteophyte size and other radiographic features. Methods: Knee radiographs ...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that enthesophyte formation and osteophyte growth are positively associated and to look for associations between bone formation at different sites on the skeleton so ...

Learn more about the causes and symptoms of bone spur pain (osteophytes) and treatment options. Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics. If you ...

Bone spurs, also called osteophytes, are outgrowths ... Heberden’s nodes are bony enlargements occurring at the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints—the joints of the fingers closest to the fingertips ...