Evaluation of low back pain and assessment of lumbar corsets with and without back supports.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MRI scoring systems for hand osteoarthritis (HOA) are currently not available. The present work proposes the Oslo HOA MRI (OHOA-MRI) score and examines the intrareader and inter-reader reliability. METHODS:Relevant HOA features were included in the initial version of the OHOA-MRI score after literature revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Lillegraven S,Slatkowsky-Christensen B,Haavardsholm EA,Sesseng S,Kvien TK,van der Heijde D,Bøyesen P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased numbers of neutrophils expressing proteinase 3 on their membrane (mPR3) have been reported in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and are suggested to be involved in AAV immunopathogenesis. In most studies, neutrophils were analysed for mPR3 expression without prim...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Rossum AP,Huitema MG,Stegeman CA,Bijl M,de Leeuw K,Van Leeuwen MA,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous production of the interferon induced enzyme 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (2',5'-A synthetase) was significantly greater in blood lymphocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Behçet's syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis than in control lymphocytes. Alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) induced ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hylton W,Cayley J,Dore C,Denman AM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of reproductive history and use of hormonal therapies on the risk of hip and knee joint replacement for osteoarthritis. METHODS:A prospective study of 1.3 million women aged on average 56 years at recruitment and followed-up through linkage to routinely collected hospital admission rec...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Liu B,Balkwill A,Cooper C,Roddam A,Brown A,Beral V,Million Women Study Collaborators.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was undertaken to investigate the in vivo pathogenic role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) by studying the thrombogenic antiphospholipid (aPL) activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) non-responsive (LPS-/-) mice and the association between tlr4 gene polymorphisms and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pierangeli SS,Vega-Ostertag ME,Raschi E,Liu X,Romay-Penabad Z,De Micheli V,Galli M,Moia M,Tincani A,Borghi MO,Nguyen-Oghalai T,Meroni PL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed methylprednisolone (PMP) has been shown to produce clinical improvement and reduction in the ESR and acute phase protein concentrations in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and has been advocated for use either as an alternative to slow-acting antirheumatoid drugs (SAARDs) or in conjunction with SAARDs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Neumann V,Hopkins R,Dixon J,Watkins A,Bird H,Wright V

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The humoral immune response against a broad spectrum of cartilage antigens (cellular and matrix antigens) was studied in a group of patients who showed resorption and/or rejection of transplanted cartilage in nasal surgery. METHODS:Sera were obtained from patients with successful and unsuccessful cartilage ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bujia J,Alsalameh S,Naumann A,Wilmes E,Sittinger M,Burmester GR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of joint replacement surgery across Europe in primary osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS:This was a 3-year prospective study of a painful OA knee cohort (from a EULAR-sponsored, multicentre study). All subjects had clinical evaluation, radiographs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Conaghan PG,D'Agostino MA,Le Bars M,Baron G,Schmidely N,Wakefield R,Ravaud P,Grassi W,Martin-Mola E,So A,Backhaus M,Malaise M,Emery P,Dougados M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid introduction of immunotherapies for cancer-targeting immunological checkpoints has led to a new class of toxicities that appear to be of autoimmune and or autoinflammatory origin. These disorders are now referred to as immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and pose considerable challenges to patient care in ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Calabrese L,Mariette X

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infectious polyarthritis caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum in a patient with common variable hypogammaglobulinaemia is described. The patient developed a symmetrical, destructive polyarthritis and tenosynovitis associated with a markedly depressed synovial fluid glucose concentration and characteristic soft ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lehmer RR,Andrews BS,Robertson JA,Stanbridge EJ,de la Maza L,Friou GJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess associations between joint-specific hand symptoms and self-reported and performance-based functional status. METHODS:Participants were from the population-based Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Symptoms in the distal interphalangeal (DIP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP), first carpometacarpa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elliott AL,Kraus VB,Fang F,Renner JB,Schwartz TA,Salazar A,Huguenin T,Hochberg MC,Helmick CG,Jordan JM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the rate of tuberculosis (TB) in biologic users for rheumatic diseases in South Africa, the effectiveness of our latent TB infection (LTBI) programme, risk factors and outcome. METHODS:TB cases were collected from the South African Biologics Registry (SABIO), rheumatologists and pharmaceutical c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pettipher C,Benitha R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, an American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) collaboration developed new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic and discriminative ability of these new criteria compared with the 1987 ACR criteria and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Britsemmer K,Ursum J,Gerritsen M,van Tuyl LH,van Schaardenburg D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Advances in health measurement have led to the application of Rasch Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis (Rasch analysis) to evaluate instruments measuring health status and quality of life of patients, including the Health Assessment Questionnaire and SF-36. This study investigated the extent to which the Wes...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wolfe F,Kong SX

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety, efficacy and therapeutic mechanism of BI 655064, an antagonistic anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX-IR). METHODS:In total, 67 patients were randomised to receive weekly subcutaneous doses of 120 mg ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Visvanathan S,Daniluk S,Ptaszyński R,Müller-Ladner U,Ramanujam M,Rosenstock B,Eleftheraki AG,Vinisko R,Petříková A,Kellner H,Dokoupilova E,Kwiatkowska B,Alten R,Schwabe C,Baum P,Joseph D,Fine JS,Padula SJ,Steffgen J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) has collected data on adverse events including pregnancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy. The purpose of this report is to summarise the pregnancy outcomes in women treated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,King Y,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Hyrich KL,BSRBR Control Centre Consortium, BSR Biologics Register.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyperplasia of synovial fibroblasts, infiltration with lymphocytes and tissue hypoxia are major characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Extensive data support a key role for toll-like receptors (TLRs) in RA. Little is known regarding the impact of hypoxia on TLR-induced inflammation in RA. The aim of t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hu F,Mu R,Zhu J,Shi L,Li Y,Liu X,Shao W,Li G,Li M,Su Y,Cohen PL,Qiu X,Li Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of the early stages of hand osteoarthritis is poorly understood, but recent high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) studies suggest that the joint ligaments have a major role in the phenotypic expression of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To combine hrMRI and cadaveric histological studie...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tan AL,Toumi H,Benjamin M,Grainger AJ,Tanner SF,Emery P,McGonagle D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of auranofin on human neutrophil (PMN) 5-lipoxygenase activity and leucotriene B4 (LTB4) chemotaxis was investigated. [1-14C]Arachidonic acid was incorporated into the purified cells until steady state conditions were obtained. After preincubations with serial dilutions of auranofin arachidonic acid release...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elmgreen J,Ahnfelt-Rønne I,Nielsen OH

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of increased spontaneous incorporation of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) into peripheral blood mononuclear cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been investigated. The activity was found to be short lived and affected less than 1% of cells. Using a Percoll density gradient we identified two populations of activ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Froebel K,Dickson R,Lewis D,Jasani MK,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether continued methotrexate treatment increases the risk of postoperative infections or of surgical complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) within one year of elective orthopaedic surgery. DESIGN:A prospective randomised study of postoperative infection or surgical complicat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Grennan DM,Gray J,Loudon J,Fear S

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of TAP1 and TAP2 alleles in northwestern Colombian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Unselected patients with SLE (n=140) and controls (n=120) matched for sex, age, and ethnicity were analysed. Clinical manifestations, clinical activity, and severity of dise...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Correa PA,Molina JF,Pinto LF,Arcos-Burgos M,Herrera M,Anaya JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the circulating serum concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF) and compare them with indices of disease activity in juvenile chronic arthritis. METHODS:NGF concentrations were evaluated with a two site immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA), in 17 children with systemic, 39 with polyarticular, and 24 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Falcini F,Matucci Cerinic M,Lombardi A,Generini S,Pignone A,Tirassa P,Ermini M,Lepore L,Partsch G,Aloe L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), a chemokine receptor expressed on T cells and macrophages, and its ligands are found in inflamed synovial tissue (ST) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The rationale for testing CCR5 blockade in patients with RA was supported by the effects of a CCR5 antagonist ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Kuijk AW,Vergunst CE,Gerlag DM,Bresnihan B,Gomez-Reino JJ,Rouzier R,Verschueren PC,van der Leij C,Maas M,Kraan MC,Tak PP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the value of antibodies to citrullinated proteins/peptides for predicting joint outcomes in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:191 patients with RA onset within the past year were followed up prospectively for five years. Serum samples obtained from 145 patients at baselin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Meyer O,Labarre C,Dougados M,Goupille P,Cantagrel A,Dubois A,Nicaise-Roland P,Sibilia J,Combe B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between progression of knee osteoarthritis and progression of osteoarthritis at sites distant from the knee is unclear because of a lack of multisite longitudinal progression data. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between radiological progression of knee osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hassett G,Hart DJ,Doyle DV,March L,Spector TD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62 year old woman taking L-tryptophan developed eosinophilic fasciitis shortly after starting an exercise class. She received prednisone without benefit but improved after azathioprine treatment was started and L-tryptophan was discontinued. As products containing L-tryptophan have recently been implicated in develo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hamilton ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common monogenic autoinflammatory disease, but many rheumatologists are not well acquainted with its management. The objective of this report is to produce evidence-based recommendations to guide rheumatologists and other health professionals in the treatment and follow-u...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ozen S,Demirkaya E,Erer B,Livneh A,Ben-Chetrit E,Giancane G,Ozdogan H,Abu I,Gattorno M,Hawkins PN,Yuce S,Kallinich T,Bilginer Y,Kastner D,Carmona L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the presence and functionality of oestrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) in interleukin (IL)1beta-treated rabbit articular chondrocytes in culture, and to determine the mechanisms of 17beta oestradiol (E2) effects on IL1beta-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression. METHODS:The p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Richette P,Dumontier MF,Tahiri K,Widerak M,Torre A,Benallaoua M,Rannou F,Corvol MT,Savouret JF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00