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 ...

OBJECTIVES (a) To determine the topographical variations in cartilage thickness over the entire surfaces of cadaveric lower limb joints, and (b) to examine the correlations between: cartilage ...

Background Anti-TNFalfa agents are used to control disease activity in patients with Chronic Arthritides (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis), often during the wash-out ...

Objectives To update the 2017 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) recommendations for treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), incorporating new evidence and therapies. Methods An ...

Objective To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. Methods In this Assessment of SpondyloArthritis ...

Objective To estimate the global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) as part of the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study and to explore how the burden of hip and knee OA compares with other ...

Correspondence to Dr Yuan-yuan Qi, Department of Nephrology, 1. Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou Henan, 450052 P. R. China 2. Zhengzhou ...

2 Department of Rheumatology, University of Sydney Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 3 Department of Rheumatology, Royal ...

Department of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, National University of Athens, Greece Correspondence to: Professor H M Moutsopoulos Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University 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, ...

Correspondence to Dr A Finckh, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Av. Beau-Séjour 26, Geneva 14 CH 1211, Switzerland; axel.finckh{at}hcuge.ch Obesity is a growing global health ...

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 ...