Osteoarthritis of Hand Clinical Classification Criteria

Does the patient experience pain or aching in the hands?

Does the patient feel a stiffness in the hands?

• 2nd distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint

• 3rd DIP joint

• 2nd proximal interphalangeal(PIP) joint

• 3rd PIP joint

• first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint

• 2nd DIP joint

• 3rd DIP joint

• 2nd PIP joint

• 3rd PIP joint

• first CMC joint

Number of remaining 4 DIP joints (left and right 4th and 5th digits) showing hard tissue enlargement

Number of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints showing swelling