This study aimed at a possible classification of climacteric arthroses of the hand. 132 females suffering from arthralgias of the wrist and finger joints who had consulted our outpatient department originally because of climacteric complaints, were examined while asking them to complete a questionnaire with clinical criteria for classifying arthroses of the hand. The requisite number of criteria required for classification as ?arthrosis of the hand? were attained in all three groups of females (premenopausal and postmenopausal women without operation, as well as hysterectomised and/or ovarectomised women?, although the ex-ray showed no signs of degenerative arthritis. The subjective complaints voiced by the patients are opposed to the x-ray finding, so that it is not permissible to classify climacteric arthralgias of the wrist and finger joints as ?arthritis?.
Aged Arthralgia