Objective Current methods used for forecasting workforce requirements in rheumatology are disparate, as are the parameters incorporated into workforce projection studies. The objective of these ...

Objective To develop a model that assesses the risk for progressive disease in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) over the short term, in order to guide clinical management. Methods Baseline ...

Objectives To integrate published single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data and assess the contribution of synovial fibroblast (SF) subsets to synovial pathotypes and respective clinical ...

ObjectiveInflammatory back pain (IBP), the key symptom of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), including ankylosing spondylitis, has been proposed as a screening test for patients presenting with chronic ...

Objective To report the efficacy, patient-reported, radiographic and safety outcomes of 4 years’ certolizumab pegol (CZP) treatment in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods RAPID-PsA ...

Objectives The window of opportunity (WOO) hypothesis suggests a limited time frame to stop rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We hypothesised that a WOO could either be represented by a hyperbolic (‘curved’) ...

Background The effectiveness of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injection for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is debated. Objectives To evaluate the effect of IAHA for patients with KOA by analysing ...

1 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece 2 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Faculty of Medicine, Athens, Greece Objectives Cardiovascular disease ...

Objectives Most studies on difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA) have focused on established RA. Here, we analyse whether disease activity in the early stages of RA could influence ...

Objective The C reactive protein polymyalgia rheumatica activity score (CRP-PMR-AS) is a composite index that includes CRP levels and was developed specifically for PMR. As treatments such as ...

Present affiliation The present affiliation of Shangbang Rao is: Candel Therapeutics, Needham, MA, USA Present affiliation The present affiliation of Pieter-Jan Stiers is: AgomAb Therapeutics, Ghent, ...

Objectives We aim to evaluate the effect on different ways of classifying pain sensitisation on impact and quality of life (QoL) in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Conclusion Patients with KOA with pain ...