BMJ2d
Early referral recommendation for newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis: evidence based development of a clinical guide
Background: Effective treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires early diagnosis and early disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment to have an impact on long term morbidity ...
BMJ3d
POS0938 A NEW APPROACH FOR ULTRASOUND GUIDED SACROILIAC JOINT INJECTIONS IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS
Background: Sacroiliac joints (SIJ) inflammation and pain is particularly common in patients with Spondyloarthritis (SpA). SIJs injections represent a valuable therapeutic option in this condition.
BMJ3d
Clinical and radiological picture of Jaccoud arthropathy in the context of systemic sclerosis
Referral Centre for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico-Mangiagalli-Regina Elena and University of Milano, Milan, Italy Professor R Scorza, Referral Centre for ...
BMJ4d
AB0940 The Prevalence of Achalasia among Patients with Autoimmune Diseases
Background Esophageal achalasia is a rare disease characterized by degeneration of Auerbach's plexus. Although its presumed etiologies include autoimmune process, its precise mechanisms remain ...
BMJ7d
Systemic evaluation of the relationship between psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and osteoporosis: observational and Mendelian randomisation study
5 The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Objectives and methods With 432 513 samples from UK Biobank dataset, multivariable linear/logistic regression were ...
BMJ7d
Linking chondrocyte and synovial transcriptional profile to clinical phenotype in osteoarthritis
Objectives To determine how gene expression profiles in osteoarthritis joint tissues relate to patient phenotypes and whether molecular subtypes can be reproducibly captured by a molecular ...
BMJ7d
Integrin alpha V beta 3 as a target for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and related rheumatic diseases
A substantial and persuasive body of data now exists that supports the view that integrin alpha V beta 3 plays a critical part in activated macrophage dependent inflammation, osteoclast development, ...
BMJ7d
Clinimetric evaluation of shoulder disability questionnaires: a systematic review of the literature
Objective: To identify all available shoulder disability questionnaires designed to measure physical functioning and to evaluate evidence for the clinimetric quality of these instruments. Methods: ...
BMJ8d
Minimal clinically important improvement/difference (MCII/MCID) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS): what do these concepts mean?
National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Departmentt of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway Tore K Kvien, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 ...
BMJ8d
Effectiveness of exercise in patients with osteoarthritis of hip or knee: nine months' follow up
OBJECTIVE To determine whether the effects of an exercise programme in patients with osteoarthritis of hip or knee are sustained at six and nine months' follow up. METHODS A randomised, single blind, ...
BMJ8d
Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology
aDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, bDepartment of Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, ...
BMJ8d
Obesity and the risk of psoriatic arthritis: a population-based study
5 Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 6 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 7 Section of ...