Postural control, muscle function and psychological factors in rheumatoid arthritis. Are there any relations?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of dialysable leucocyte extract (DLE) on pro- and anti-inflammatory profiles in a rat model of osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:Forty-eight male Wistar rats were divided into three groups: normal rats without treatment, OA rats treated with placebo, and OA rats treated with DLE. After trea...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Acosta P,Pérez N,Pérez E,Correa B,Pérez C,Gómez C,Sánchez V,Pérez DG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:46 patients who had an ulcer (verified by X-ray pictures) during treatment at the Rheumatism Foundation Hospital were compared with two patient groups of the same size. The first control group consisted of randomly selected patients who had been examined in the same way for the same indications but where the X-ray pic...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Martio J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc-receptors for IgG (Fc gamma R) are important triggers of effector function in macrophages. We have investigated the distribution of cells bearing Fc gamma R I, Fc gamma R II, and Fc gamma R III in 14 synovia and 3 nodules from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, using monoclonal antibodies on serial cryostat sectio...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Bröker BM,Edwards JC,Fanger MW,Lydyard PM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease associated with psoriasis. Underlying genetic factors are considered important for disease expression and prognosis of PsA. Interleukin-1β-regulating protein complexes called inflammasomes are associated with several inflammatory diseases, e....

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Juneblad K,Kastbom A,Johansson L,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Söderkvist P,Alenius GM

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: To study associations between different anthropometric measures and incident gout, and to find the best predictive measure. Method: We used the baseline investigation from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study, excluding cases of prevalent gout (n = 28 081). Cox regression for each anthropometric measurement was...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Wändell P,Andreasson A,Hagström H,Kapetanovic MC,Carlsson AC

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB alleles, implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is found to be different in various ethnic groups. This study aimed to investigate DRB1 alleles in RA patients in Turkey, and to examine the effect of these alleles on disease severity...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kinikli G,Ateş A,Turgay M,Akay G,Kinikli S,Tokgöz G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Pain is a common and distressing feature of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Pain interference (PI) is underexplored in long-term conditions such as JIA. The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with PI in young adults with JIA. Methods: All consecutive JIA patients aged 18-30 years i...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Rebane K,Orenius T,Ristolainen L,Relas H,Kautiainen H,Luosujärvi R,Säilä H,Aalto K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented with systemic vasculitis associated with Fasciola hepatica infection. The patient presented with severe skin, kidney, spleen, ophthalmic, and neurological compromise. An immunological examination for primary vasculitis was negative and other infections were discoun...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Llanos C,Soto L,Sabugo F,Gallegos I,Valenzuela O,Verdaguer J,Cuchacovich M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 62 rheumatoid knee joints were treated with intra-articular 90Y. Results were assessed by clinical, roentgenologic and thermographic examination after a six-month follow-up. The majority of the joints had moderate roentgenologic manifestations of RA before treatment. The roentgenologic stage of the disease ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jalava S,Räsänen O

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that synovial fibroblasts cultured from patients with reactive or rheumatoid arthritis exhibit increased autofluorescence when compared with controls. Morphological studies suggested that this increase was related to the anomalous structure of mitochondria in cells cultured from rheumatoid or no...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Pulkki KJ,Eerola ET,Saario RM,Toivanen A,Vuorio EI

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to investigate the cost of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and evaluate the influence of both demographics and specific disease characteristics on these costs. METHODS:We used a population-based questionnaire to survey 895 patients living in the city of Malmö, Sweden, during 2002. Data were o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jacobsson LT,Lindroth Y,Marsal L,Juran E,Bergström U,Kobelt G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in 1,287 persons living in densely populated areas and 1, 287 persons living in thinly populated areas, matched as to sex, age, occupation and geographical area, was compared. The patient material was obtained in an epidemiological survey of rheumatoid arthritis (ARA definition) ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hellgren L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several rheumatic inflammatory diseases, including adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) and systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). Several clinical trials also suggest that anakinra, a human recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagon...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Youm JY,Woo JH,Kim TH,Bae SC,Yoo DH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide a thorough description of team rehabilitation care and compare the structure, process, and outcomes in two specialized arthritis rehabilitation settings. METHODS:Patients with inflammatory arthritis scheduled for inpatient rehabilitation in seven specialized rehabilitation centres and three rheum...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Klokkerud M,Hagen KB,Løchting I,Uhlig T,Kjeken I,Grotle M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Platelets are thought to participate in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We showed recently an in vivo increase in platelet-endothelial cell interactions in mice with antigen-induced arthritis (AiA). The underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. The aim of th...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Schmitt-Sody M,Metz P,Klose A,Gottschalk O,Zysk S,Hausdorf J,Veihelmann A,Jansson V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a connective tissue disease with symptoms and serological findings often overlapping with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1). Thromboembolic events are common in SLE but not in pSS (2)(3). However, case reports have described pSS patients who developed fulminant multiorgan disea...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Haga HJ,Jacobsen EM,Peen E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rate of grip development (power), time to reach maximum grip strength and fatigue were not affected by the diurnal variation known to influence maximum grip strength and work during grip formation in normal subjects. Rheumatoid hands were less affected by exercise or temperature change of the forearm than were normal ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Pearson R,MacKinnon MJ,Meek AP,Myers DB,Palmer DG

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between the lumbar and femoral bone mineral and several body constitutional, lifestyle, and disease related variables were studied in 111 children with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) by factor and multiple linear regression analyses. In addition to the measurement of bone mineral density (BMD), bone...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kotaniemi A,Savolainen A,Kröger H,Kautiainen H,Isomäki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An account is given of a viscometer which can be used for measuring the viscosity of synovial fluid when only small quantities are avaliable (0.15 ml) and taking into account the non-Newtonian character of the fluid. A technical description of the apparatus is given. A series of experiments are reported in which bovin...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Reimann I,Stougaard J,Northeved A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in a Chinese male patient with ankylosing spondylitis is presented. A review of the literature emphasizes the rarity of this arthro-pathology in ankylosing spondylitis. The importance in the recognition of this complication by clinical examination supplemente...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Chow TK,Ng WL,Tam CK,Kung N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 41-year-old man diagnosed with Still's disease. Multiple disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapies failed to induce disease remission or to prevent progressive joint destruction. The man presented with active arthritis and classical Still's rash accompanied by fever. Anti-tumour n...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Thonhofer R,Soleiman A,Kriessmayr M,Thonhofer U,Wipfler E,Gaugg M,Eder S,Erlacher L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease. Pyrin has anti-inflammatory activity in the regulation of inflammasomes and is encoded by the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene. MEFV gene mutations trigger the inflammatory cascade and cause familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). A relationship between various rheu...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sever F,Kobak S,Goksel Ö,Goksel T,Orman M,Berdeli A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To (i) examine the association between fatigue, psychosocial work characteristics (job control, support, participation in decision making, psychological job demands), and physical work requirements on the one hand and work ability of employees with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the other, and (ii) determine t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： de Croon EM,Sluiter JK,Nijssen TF,Kammeijer M,Dijkmans BA,Lankhorst GJ,Frings-Dresen MH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether the serological response towards lytic cycle antigens of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is altered in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. METHOD:We used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to investigate the prevalence of EBV early antigen diffuse (EBV-EA/D) antibodies...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Draborg AH,Jørgensen JM,Müller H,Nielsen CT,Jacobsen S,Iversen LV,Theander E,Nielsen LP,Houen G,Duus K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one patients with different connective tissue diseases in either active or clinically inactive phase were studied to detect the incidence of chronic or subclinical consumption coagulopathy in these forms. Every patient received intravenously 20 mu Ci of [125I] fibrinogen and the clearance of the labeled fibrinog...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Canesi BA,Banfi F,Rossi AF,Sinigaglia L

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell receptor (V beta) use in the response to type II collagen and cartilage proteoglycans was analysed in peripheral blood and synovial fluid T cells from RA patients. T cells from RA patients with an immune response to connective tissue antigens, and paired PB and SF samples were stimulated in vitro with type II c...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Cuesta IA,Sud S,Song Z,Affholter JA,Karvonen RL,Fernández-Madrid F,Wooley PH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and predictors of influenza and influenza-like symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD:Questionnaires were sent to patients registered as having RA and they were asked to fill in per month any period and details of influenza-like symptoms and vaccination. An e...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Dirven L,Huizinga TW,Allaart CF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking concomitant methotrexate (MTX) by calculating the number needed to treat (NNT) using three different methods. METHODS:A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kristensen LE,Christensen R,Bliddal H,Geborek P,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Saxne T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To describe the frequency and predisposing factors of aortic structural disease among patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Method: A retrospective review identified all patients with biopsy-proven GCA from 1998 to 2013 with aortic imaging. Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate cumula...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Koster MJ,Crowson CS,Labarca C,Warrington KJ

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:FURIN is a proprotein convertase enzyme that inhibits the proinflammatory function of T cells and myeloid cells. Elevated FURIN expression levels have been reported in immune-mediated diseases, such as primary Sjögren's syndrome. Here, we investigated the levels of FURIN in peripheral blood (PB) and synovial ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Valli A,Ranta N,Grönholm A,Silvennoinen O,Pesu M,Isomäki P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00