BMJ1d
Influence of elastic bandage on knee pain, proprioception, and postural sway in subjects with knee osteoarthritis
Correspondence to: Professor M Doherty, Academic Rheumatology, Clinical Sciences Building, University of Nottingham, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; Michael.Doherty{at}Nottingham ...
BMJ2d
Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7
Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
BMJ2d
Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...
BMJ3d
Characterising arthralgia in the preclinical phase of rheumatoid arthritis using MRI
Correspondence to HW van Steenbergen, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P O Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; h.w.van_steenbergen{at}lumc.nl Background The phase ...
BMJ3d
Adalimumab dose tapering in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are in long-standing clinical remission: results of the phase IV PREDICTRA study
Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...
BMJ3d
Ultrasensitive serum interferon-α quantification during SLE remission identifies patients at risk for relapse
1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...
BMJ4d
2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative
41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...
BMJ4d
Molecular signature characterisation of different inflammatory phenotypes of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Objectives The International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria define systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) by the presence of fever, rash and chronic arthritis.
BMJ5d
Tofacitinib for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: a phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Objective To assess the efficacy/safety of tofacitinib in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods This phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled ...
BMJ5d
Maintenance of clinical remission in early axial spondyloarthritis following certolizumab pegol dose reduction
Background The best strategy for maintaining clinical remission in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) has not been defined. C-OPTIMISE compared dose continuation, reduction and withdrawal ...
BMJ5d
Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms in axial spondyloarthritis more common than among healthy controls: is it an overlooked comorbidity?
Correspondence to Dr Johan Karlsson Wallman, Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital Lund, Lund 22185, Sweden; johan.81.karlsson{at}gmail.com We aimed to compare the prevalence of gut ...
BMJ5d
Use of multidimensional composite scores in rheumatology: parsimony versus subtlety
Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) form a diverse group of diseases. Proper disease assessment is pivotal, for instance to make treatment choices and for optimising outcome in general. RMDs ...