About the Hand OA Working Group
Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent disorder, causing a considerable burden of disease. Simultaneous involvement of multiple hand joints and presence of different subsets (e.g., nodal, thumb base, and erosive OA) make it difficult to study. To advance our understanding, high-quality studies with optimal outcome measurement are essential. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Hand OA Working Group (WG), assembled in 2010, endorsed a core domain set for clinical trials of symptom and structure modification and observational studies at OMERACT 2014, which was included in the Osteoarthritis Research Society International recommendations for design and conduct of clinical trials in hand OA.

Désirée van der Heijde
Co-Chair

Catherine Hill
Co-Chair

Margreet Kloppenburg
Co-Chair

Féline Kroon
Fellow
Francis Berenbaum - Co-Chair
Ida Haugen - Co-Chair
Mariko Ishimori - Co-Chair
Elsie Greibrokk - Patient Research Partner
Wilma Smeets - Patient Research Partner
OMERACT Endorsed Core Domain Set for Hand Osteoarthritis

Working Group Publications
Working Group Members:
Francis Berenbaum
Maarten Boers
Annelies Boonen
Pernille Boyesen
Philip Conaghan
Iris Eshed
Violaine Foltz
Peter Tugwell
Frédérique Gandjbakhch
Harry Genant
Elsie Greibrokk
Ida Haugen
Gillian Hawker
Mariko Ishimori
Margreet Kloppenburg
Féline Kroon
Tore Kvien
Robert Landewe
Mikkel Østergaard
Wilma Smeets
Till Uhlig
Willemien Visser
Désirée van der Heijde