Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that PVAC, delipidated, deglycolipidated heat killed Mycobacterium vaccae, is an effective and safe treatment for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This treatment has shown promising results in psoriasis. METHODS:36 patients with PsA in two centres were studied in this double blind, placebo ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalbeth N,Yeoman S,Dockerty JL,Highton J,Robinson E,Tan PL,Herman D,McQueen FM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) of two therapeutic regimens of infliximab for ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:230 patients with active AS who were participating in a randomised controlled trial comparing two infliximab infusion modalities-every 6 weeks (Q6) and on demand (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fautrel B,Benhamou M,Breban M,Roy C,Lenoir C,Trape G,Baleydier A,Ravaud P,Dougados M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole gut lavage fluid is a useful source of material for the study of intestinal immunity and inflammation in humans. Systemic and mucosal antibodies to Klebsiella pneumoniae were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in serum samples and whole gut lavage fluid from 14 patients with ankylosing spondyl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Mahony S,Anderson N,Nuki G,Ferguson A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were obtained from patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR: n = 10) or giant cell arteritis (GCA; n = 7), or both. Samples were taken either before treatment or within one week of starting prednisolone. Immune complexes (IC) were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation then purified wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith AJ,Kyle V,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure hyaluronic acid (HA) levels, which are raised in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in patients with early RA, and to assess the correlation with clinical and laboratory indices of disease activity and with subsequent radiographic erosive status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients fulfilling ACR criter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Majeed M,McQueen F,Yeoman S,McLean L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:227 patients with psoriasis and various forms of arthritis have been kept under review. Psoriasis and inflammatory arthropathy was present in 168 patients, of whom 94 have been followed up for more than 10 years. An arthritis indistinguishable from rheumatoid disease was present in 78%, distal joint arthritis in 16-6%...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Roberts ME,Wright V,Hill AG,Mehra AC

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a search for aspects of behaviour related to oral contraceptive use which might explain the favourable effect of oral contraception on the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption were studied as possible risk factors. Information on cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption was...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hazes JM,Dijkmans BA,Vandenbroucke JP,de Vries RR,Cats A

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have reported an association between the presence of the shared epitope (SE) and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent studies have shown that certain HLA-DRB1 alleles in combination with predisposing DQB1 and DQA1 alleles may protect against the development of RA. This model is...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Molenaar ET,Voskuyl AE,van der Horst-Bruinsma IE,Schreuder GM,Zanelli E,Dijkmans BA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 41 year old white woman who developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seven years after primary Sjögren's syndrome and four years after the association of Sjögren's syndrome with Jaccoud's arthritis. The SLE was detected by a benign intracranial hypertension, which is a rare neuro-ophthalm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chevalier X,de Bandt M,Bourgeois P,Kahn MF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of upregulation of interferon (IFN) type I inducible genes, the so called 'IFN type I signature', in CD14 monocytes in 69 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and 44 healthy controls (HC) and correlate it with disease manifestations and expression of B cell activating fac...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brkic Z,Maria NI,van Helden-Meeuwsen CG,van de Merwe JP,van Daele PL,Dalm VA,Wildenberg ME,Beumer W,Drexhage HA,Versnel MA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In an unselected community sample of adults, to assess the role and importance of exposure to mechanical factors both at work and leisure in the aetiology of hip pain. METHOD:A population based prevalence case-control study. Cases and controls were identified from a population survey of 3847 subjects registe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pope DP,Hunt IM,Birrell FN,Silman AJ,Macfarlane GJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and validate new classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their major subgroups. METHODS:Candidate variables were assembled from published criteria and expert opinion using consensus methodology. Data were collected from 47 rheumatology, dermatolo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lundberg IE,Tjärnlund A,Bottai M,Werth VP,Pilkington C,Visser M,Alfredsson L,Amato AA,Barohn RJ,Liang MH,Singh JA,Aggarwal R,Arnardottir S,Chinoy H,Cooper RG,Dankó K,Dimachkie MM,Feldman BM,Torre IG,Gordon P,Hayas

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA types, especially HLA-DR3, are associated with the development of toxic reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with gold or D-penicillamine. In this study, after treatment with sulphasalazine, leucopenia was observed in three patients, who all had a history of leucopenia after previous gol...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bliddal H,Eiberg B,Helin P,Svejgaard A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a lipid paradox in rheumatoid arthritis describing that despite low lipids related to systemic inflammation, there is an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Our aim was to evaluate if baseline lipid levels or baseline systemic inflammation were associated with the statin dose sufficient to achieve l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rollefstad S,Ikdahl E,Hisdal J,Kvien TK,Pedersen TR,Holme I,Semb AG

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To see if a group course delivered by rheumatology teams using cognitive-behavioural approaches, plus usual care, reduced RA fatigue impact more than usual care alone. METHODS:Multicentre, 2-year randomised controlled trial in RA adults (fatigue severity>6/10, no recent major medication changes). RAFT (Redu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hewlett S,Almeida C,Ambler N,Blair PS,Choy EH,Dures E,Hammond A,Hollingworth W,Kadir B,Kirwan JR,Plummer Z,Rooke C,Thorn J,Turner N,Pollock J,RAFT Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe granuloma annulare (GA) skin lesion development in patients during anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:199 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 127 suffering from spondyloarthropathies treated with anti-TNF antagonists were analysed to identify skin lesions suggesting GA. RESULT...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Voulgari PV,Markatseli TE,Exarchou SA,Zioga A,Drosos AA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The technique and results of a special oblique radiograph of the hip called the "faux profil" (FP) of the hip are described. The FP was evaluated for the detection of joint space narrowing in incipient osteoarthritis of the hip (OAH) as compared with the anteroposterior (AP) radiograph. METHODS:58 hips with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lequesne MG,Laredo JD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the short term effects of a single dose of D2E7, a fully human anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNFalpha) monoclonal antibody (mAb), on the local and systemic homeostasis of interleukin 1beta (IL1beta) and TNFalpha in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:All patients with RA enrolled in a p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barrera P,Joosten LA,den Broeder AA,van de Putte LB,van Riel PL,van den Berg WB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of four different assays for circulating immune complexes-the C1q solid phase method, one using protein A and one using anti-IgG, C1q PEG, and the 2% PEG method-were compared in 61 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis followed up for two years. There were weak but statistically significant correlat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Reeback JS,Silman AJ,Holborow EJ,Maini RN,Hay FC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and other lymphocyte activation markers on peripheral blood and synovial fluid T lymphocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, and Reiter's syndrome were measured and the mean fluorescence intensities of these antigens were ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith MD,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free thiomalate is measureable in the plasma and urine of patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving sodium aurothiomalate (Myocrisin). Plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of free thiomalate were measured in 8 patients by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection. After an initial ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudge SR,Perrett D,Swannell AJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, radiological, and biological profile of patients presenting late onset spondylarthropathy (LOSPA) with patients with early onset spondylarthropathy (EOSPA). METHODS:During the period April 1987 to April 1995 a retrospective chart review of inpatients and outpatients identified eight ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caplanne D,Tubach F,Le Parc JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk of major cardiovascular disease associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in a large 'real-world' contemporary rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cohort. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort study was conducted with use of Danish nationwide individual-level registry data on inpat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindhardsen J,Gislason GH,Jacobsen S,Ahlehoff O,Olsen AM,Madsen OR,Torp-Pedersen C,Hansen PR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response against two herpesviruses has been determined in sera and matched synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compared with that of a healthy control population. The increased level of antibody to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induced antigens in patients with RA resembles the antibod...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Musiani M,Zerbini M,Ferri S,Plazzi M,Gentilomi G,La Placa M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To compare clinical outcome and symptomatology of rheumatoid cervical myelopathy between patients managed conservatively and surgically. (2) To determine if surgical outcome has improved since the series published from this unit in 1987. (3) To examine the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hamilton JD,Gordon MM,McInnes IB,Johnston RA,Madhok R,Capell HA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a cross-sectional review of non-selected consecutive outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as part of standard clinical care in 15 countries for an overview of the characteristics of patients with RA. METHODS:The review included current disease activity using data from clinical assessment and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sokka T,Kautiainen H,Toloza S,Mäkinen H,Verstappen SM,Lund Hetland M,Naranjo A,Baecklund E,Herborn G,Rau R,Cazzato M,Gossec L,Skakic V,Gogus F,Sierakowski S,Bresnihan B,Taylor P,McClinton C,Pincus T,QUEST-RA Group.

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of joint involvement on conventional radiographs and the four hour gammacamera image of 99Tc HMDP bone scans were studied in 33 patients with generalised nodal osteoarthritis. Both techniques showed the predominant involvement of the distal interphalangeal, scaphotrapezial, and first carpometacarpal joints...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hutton CW,Higgs ER,Jackson PC,Watt I,Dieppe PA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems. Overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary medical care (overtreatment), anxiety and cost. In rheumatology overdiagnosis and overtreatment are hardly discussed...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landewé RBM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic function assessed by tests of cardiovascular reflexes was studied in 25 patients with systemic sclerosis and 10 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon. A comparison was made with 13 normal healthy subjects. Significant abnormalities in the cardiovascular reflexes were found in systemic sclerosis, both in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klimiuk PS,Taylor L,Baker RD,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess survival and identify predictors of survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) who participated in the Scleroderma Lung Studies (SLS) I and II. METHODS:SLS I randomised 158 patients with SSc-ILD to 1  year of oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) vs placebo. SLS II rando...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Volkmann ER,Tashkin DP,Sim M,Li N,Goldmuntz E,Keyes-Elstein L,Pinckney A,Furst DE,Clements PJ,Khanna D,Steen V,Schraufnagel DE,Arami S,Hsu V,Roth MD,Elashoff RM,Sullivan KM,SLS I and SLS II study groups.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00