What is Dupuytren’s Contracture / Viking’s Disease? Dupuytren’s contracture is a medical condition affecting the hands and fingers. It is also known as Morbus Dupuytren and in slang terms "Viking ...

With Dupuytren’s contracture, knots form underneath the skin of your fingers and palms. You may treat this condition with needling, surgery, enzyme injections, or certain at-home treatments. Dupuytren ...

This is the first part of a three-part interview from Broncos Wire's Brandon Walker with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway. This first story focuses on Elway's diagnosis of Dupuytren's ...

A drug already on the market for 20 years effectively reduced nodules associated with Dupuytren's disease in a mid-stage trial, researchers said. Patients receiving intranodular injections of ...

A bump underneath the skin of your palm or stiffness in your fingers could be pointing to this hand condition. Most people have never heard of Dupuytren’s contracture, which is an abnormal thickening ...

During an appearance on NBC's 3rd Hour of Today, Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway revealed his 15-year battle with a hand condition that affects the ability of bent fingers to straighten. The ...

Dupuytren’s contracture is when thick, fibrous tissue grows in the palm of the hand. It can cause the fingers to curl in toward the middle of the hand. Hand exercises can help keep the fingers supple, ...

We often take for granted how much our hands can accomplish, from opening pickle jars to reaching into a pocket to grab some change. For people with the hand deformity Dupuytren's contracture ...

Dupuytren's contracture can cause slow but progressive changes in the palms of the hand. With Dupuytren's, scar tissue develops underneath the skin of the palm. As the disease progresses, the scar ...

Former Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave has spoken about how a condition affecting his hands could impact his performance on Dancing On Ice, which returns to ITV1 on Sunday. The 62-year-old, a ...

Dupuytren's contracture, also known as Dupuytren's disease, occurs when it is difficult for someone to fully extend their finger because the movement is limited by cords of shortened connective tissue ...