Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the osteoporosis assessment questionnaire short version (OPAQ-SV) for Chinese osteoporotic fracture females.

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well known to affect many different organ systems. Previous work suggests that this includes the auditory system and that measures of hearing may be related to indices of RA disease activity. The aims of this study were to determine whether hearing loss in young subjects with rheumatoid ar...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Murdin L,Patel S,Walmsley J,Yeoh LH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may increase the risk of anxiety, but results from prior studies have no consensus. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between RA and incident anxiety by using a quantitative meta-analysis. METHODS:A number of databases were used to gather relevant information; they inclu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Qiu XJ,Zhang XL,Cai LS,Yan C,Yu L,Fan J,Zhang RW,Huang JW,Duan XW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of different autoimmune diseases in the same subject is not uncommon, also in the pediatric age. The coexistence of morphea and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is however exceptional. We report four such cases. Unlike the few other reported cases, in 3/4 of our patients, morphea appeared well after...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Giani T,Madera A,Cimaz R

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogenous population of cells, including macrophages, synoviocytes and lymphocytes play important roles in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). T cells, however, seem to be a common thread throughout the disease process. In inhibiting T lymphocytes, cyclosporin A presents a more selective form of th...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bentin J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of laboratory variables, including Hb., ESR and several phase proteins, fluctuated in concord with the clinical signs of synovitis activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during a controlled study of 3 disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD). The correlation between laboratory variables and clin...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Bentzon MW,Gad I,Halberg P,Halskov O,Lorenzen I

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal disorders represent a large and growing clinical challenge to primary care clinicians. Unfortunately, there appears to be a gap in current training and continuing education to meet this challenge. We used script concordance within a continuing medical education program entitled "Joint Adventures" to as...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Petrella RJ,Davis P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis is highly genetic, with a heritability greater than 90 %. Presence of the HLA-B27 MHC class I allele remains the greatest genetic risk factor identified to date. Beyond its nominal role in antigen presentation, HLA-B27 displays interesting and possibly unique biochemical charac...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Smith JA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular involvement, especially in young males, is seen in up to 40% of the patients with Behcet's disease (BD) and is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. In this study, we investigated vessel wall thickness (VWT) and dilatation in lower extremity veins with Doppler ultrasound (US) in male BD patients. Sixty-on...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Alibaz-Oner F,Ergelen R,Mutis A,Erturk Z,Asadov R,Mumcu G,Ergun T,Direskeneli H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) utilization and outcomes by patient residence. We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2003 to 2011 to compare utilization and outcomes (post-arthroplasty discharge disposition, length of hospitalization, and mortality) by rural vs. u...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Singh JA,Ramachandaran R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on tripterygium glycosides tablet (TGT) in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been published, but the therapeutic effects have never been systematically reviewed yet. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of TGT on AS based on RCTs. Pu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Li H,Guo F,Luo YC,Zhu JP,Wang JL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that mechanical compression of the knee in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would mobilize occult extractable fluid and improve arthrocentesis success. METHODS:Sixty-seven consecutive knees with RA and 186 knees with OA and were included. Conventional arthrocentesis was performed and s...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rolle NA,Jan I,Sibbitt WL Jr,Band PA,Haseler LJ,Hayward WA,Muruganandam M,Emil NS,Fangtham M,Bankhurst AD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Action potential simulation (APS) is becoming a popular method of pain reduction. Nevertheless, little is known about the efficacy of this relatively new treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether APS helps to reduce pain, improves patients' perception of daily functioning and social partici...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Fengler RK,Jacobs JW,Bac M,van Wijck AJ,van Meeteren NL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There are no pharmacovigilance studies on adverse event (AE) data for tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors in South Korea. We analysed AEs induced by adalimumab, infliximab, and etanercept METHODS: We used data from the Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management-Korea Adverse Events Reporti...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ha D,Lee SE,Song I,Lim SJ,Shin JY

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with PCP in patients with non-RA connective tissue diseases (CTDs) in order to clarify the characteristics of the former. We extracted consecutive patients satisfying the following criteria for "clinical PCP": (1) positive plasma β-D-gl...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Shimada K,Yokosuka K,Nunokawa T,Sugii S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of left brachial plexus compression by an iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula was treated by detachable balloon technique with immediate relief of pain. Good results on paresia were obtained in a few weeks. ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tebib JG,Bascoulergue J,Dumontet C,Paupert-Ravault A,Prallet B,Colson F,Bouvier M

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of North Dakota is predominantly of Scandinavian (Norwegian) or German descent. We analyzed a cohort of all patients diagnosed with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and followed-up (by the investigator PK) at the St. Alexius Medical Center, Specialty Clinics, Bismarck, North Dakota, from August 16, 2006 to S...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Kaushik P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) vasculitis. The activities of catalase (CAT), arylesterase (ARYL), and paraoxonase (PON) as antioxidant enzymes and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, together wi...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Ece A,Kelekçi S,Kocamaz H,Hekimoğlu A,Balik H,Yolbaş I,Erel O

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave thermography is the technique of measuring natural thermal radiation from body tissues of clinical interest. It is safe, requires no control of environmental conditions and exposes the patient to no ionising radiation. In this study, we found that microwave thermography of the knee joints showed weak correla...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： MacDonald AG,Land DV,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treat...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rico H,Merono E,Del Olmo J,Revilla M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to compare effectiveness and safety of Infliximab (INF), Etanercept (ETN), and Adalimumab (ADA) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with inadequate response to a previous disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD). One hundred consecutive PsA patients with inadequate response to a pre...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Atteno M,Peluso R,Costa L,Padula S,Iervolino S,Caso F,Sanduzzi A,Lubrano E,Del Puente A,Scarpa R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An insufficiency fracture (IF) involving the acetabulum is presented. This fracture occurred in a 67-year-old woman who had been hysterectomized and oophorectomized 27 years earlier for a carcinoma of the uterine cervix, and who had received external pelvic irradiation. This IF location has been rarely described earli...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Schreiber S

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The swift and accurate diagnosis of acute arterial occlusion and limb ischemia is critical to prevent morbidity from this vascular emergency as reported by Bettman et al. (Radiology 215:101-105, 2000). There are a number of imaging modalities available to the diagnosing physician. However, the most appropriate modalit...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Baker JF,Nazarian LN,Olin JW,Pullman-Mooar S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of TNF-α inhibitor on lipid profile and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients with long-term use of stable dose TNF-α inhibitor. AxSpA patients were enrolled in the Catholic Axial Spondyloarthritis COhort (CASCO). We collected their data annually and an...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Min HK,Lee J,Ju JH,Park SH,Kwok SK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional investigation examined the prevalence and severity of dysphonia, globus pharyngeus, and dysphagia in patients affected by immunomediated (IM) diseases. Seventy subjects were administered the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) (scale 0-4), Glasgow-Edinburgh Throat Scale (GETS) (scale from 0 to 7) for globu...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Galli J,Marchese MR,De Canio C,Di Salvo M,Olivieri I,Santandrea L,Paludetti G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighteen elbows in 59 patients who started treatment using disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the first year of the disease were followed-up for more than 10 years without biologic agents. Using annual radiographs of the elbow joint, Larsen grade (LG) was determined, and bone absorption ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Abe A,Ishikawa H,Murasawa A,Nakazono K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjõgren's disease is one of the most common rheumatological diseases and can present with a variety of extra-glandular manifestations. Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis (LIP) is the most common lung pathology in these patients. It is important to know and recognize this condition because it is potentially treatable...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Dalvi V,Gonzalez EB,Lovett L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the frequency of rheumatoid factor (RF) and cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies in a cohort of patients with palindromic rheumatism (PR) and to find determinants for progression to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All new cases of PR (n=90) were included prospectively and followed up ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Emad Y,Anbar A,Abo-Elyoun I,El-Shaarawy N,Al-Hanafi H,Darwish H,Gamil M,Rasker JJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the prototype for spondyloarthritis primarily affecting young men. Geographic and ethnic variations exist in the prevalence and severity of AS and relate to the wide disparity in the frequency of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27, a major genetic risk factor. The strength of the disease ...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Rachid B,El Zorkany B,Youseif E,Tikly M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the production of autoantibodies and the involvement of multiple organ systems. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is another autoimmune disease that causes fibrosis. We will aim to analyse the role of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gen...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Tozkır JD,Tozkır H,Gürkan H,Dönmez S,Eker D,Pamuk GE,Pamuk ÖN

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to measure the frequency of medication error (ME) in rheumatology outpatients of the Social Security System (SS) in Mexico and to measure the costs by comparing the days lost at work as direct consequence of the medication error against the theoretical cost of no error in the process. A prospective 6-m...

journal_title：Clinical rheumatology

authors： Aceves-Avila FJ,Benites-Godínez V,Ramos-Remus C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00