562 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada TG6 2S2 Whiplash associated disorders have become an international medicolegal and social dilemma. Physicians are ...

Background: Chronic low back pain (LBP), the leading symptom of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and undifferentiated axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), precedes the development of radiographic sacroiliitis, ...

Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK Correspondence to: Dr Edward Roddy Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City ...

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...

Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional, and, psychosocial wellbeing of affected ...

Objectives To assess the effects of Rituximab (RTX) on skin and lung fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) belonging to the European Scleroderma Trial and Research (EUSTAR) cohort and ...

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Methods: A multidisciplinary task force was formed representing 11 European countries. The design of ...

1 The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 4 Institute of Bone and Joint Research, The Kolling Institute, Sydney Medical ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of the individual components of physiotherapy in subjects with anterior knee pain. METHODS An observer blind, prospective, factorial design randomised controlled ...

Objective: To validate and refine two sets of candidate criteria for the classification/diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: All Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society ...

Correspondence to Dr Nicolino Ruperto, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), IRCCS G Gaslini, Università di Genova, Pediatria II – Reumatologia, EULAR Centre of ...

1 University of Toronto, Toronto Western Research Institute, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, ...