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Knee pain and osteoarthritis in older adults: a review of community burden and current use of primary health care

Dr G Peat, Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, The Medical Institute, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4NY, UKg.m.peat{at}hfac.keele.ac.uk ...
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Does hydrotherapy improve strength and physical function in patients with osteoarthritis—a randomised controlled trial comparing a gym based and a hydrotherapy based ...

1 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia 2 Physiotherapy Department, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia ...
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Short- and long-term efficacy of intra-articular injections with betamethasone as part of a treat-to-target strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis: impact of joint area ...

3 Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark 5 Department of Rheumatology ...
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Effect of intensive exercise on patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised clinical trial

Dr C H M van den Ende, Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, C4-R, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands Email:e.vandenende{at}nivel.nl OBJECTIVE To investigate the ...
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OP0142 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TELITACICEPT, A NOVEL BLYS/APRIL DUAL INHIBITOR, IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME: A PHASE 2, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO ...

6 The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Rheumatology, Xiamen, China 7 The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Rheumatology, Shanxi, China 8 West China Hospital of Sichuan ...
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Short-term progression of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis predicts long-term survival in two independent clinical trial cohorts

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth R Volkmann, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; evolkmann{at}mednet.ucla.edu ...
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Development of the CT Syndesmophyte Score (CTSS) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: data from the SIAS cohort

Objectives To develop the CT Syndesmophyte Score (CTSS) for low-dose CT (ldCT) to assess structural damage in the spine of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and test its reliability. Methods ...
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A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica

Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...
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Development of the PsAQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to psoriatic arthritis

Background: Patient reported outcome measures used in studies of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been found to be inadequate for determining the impact of the disease from the patient’s perspective.
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Preliminary criteria for the very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis: results of a Delphi Consensus Study from EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group

7 Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 8 Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, ...
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Fertility in women with rheumatoid arthritis: influence of disease activity and medication

Correspondence to Jenny Brouwer, Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Room no. Na-609, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; j.brouwer.1{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives Many female rheumatoid ...
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The diagnostic accuracy of the squeeze test to identify arthritis: a cross-sectional cohort study

Correspondence to W B van den Bosch, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; W.B.van_den_Bosch{at}lumc.nl Objectives In daily ...