News Finding: Prevalence of symptomatic radiographic foot OA  in older adults: findings from the  Clinical Assessment of the Foot 
Paper Finding: In addition, after excluding inflammatory arthritis, 129 clinic attenders had disabling foot pain but did not meet criteria for radiographic foot OA.
News Context: Prevalence of symptomatic radiographic foot OA  in older adults: findings from the  Clinical Assessment of the Foot 
Paper Context: Again, the 1st MTPJ was most commonly affected (n=58), followed by the 2nd CMJ (n=52), TNJ (n=41), NCJ (n=24) and 1st CMJ (n=15). In addition, after excluding inflammatory arthritis, 129 clinic attenders had disabling foot pain but did not meet criteria for radiographic foot OA. Seventy-eight (60%) of these had grade 1 osteophyte or joint space narrowing in one or more joints in either foot.