Helping Hands: Using the CHAMPS Program to Cope With Hand Osteoarthritis

Approximately 54 million adults live with osteoarthritis (OA) and, of those, 43.5% experience limitations in daily functioning (Guglielmo et al., 2019). There is radiographic evidence of first carpometacarpal (CMC) OA in 25% of males and 40% of females older than 75 years, and prevalence of OA in 21% of the hands in men and women more than 40 years of age (Kjeken, 2011; Valdes & von der Heyde, 2012; Wilder et al.,