The knee joint capsule is the structure surrounding the knee, made up of ligaments, bone, and fluid-filled cavities. It allows the full knee to have flexion, or bending motion, due to the folds within ...

The joint capsule of the thumb is fibrous and durable, and allows for great mobility. There are nine interphalangeal joints in each hand, two on each finger and one in the thumb. The thumb joint has ...

The primary pathologic basis of rheumatoid arthritis resides in the synovium, a thin membrane lining the joint capsule. This membrane expands massively with the infiltration of immune and inflammatory ...

1 Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Cabrini Hospital and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive, Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2 Monash Institute for Health Services ...