Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2025. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.; OBJECTIVES: To assess the value of adding the ultradistal level to other more thoroughly studied levels of the carpal tunnel when measuring the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the median nerve (MN) by ultrasound (US) in diagnosing patients with p...
Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s); Objectives: To develop a consensus-based expert definition of difficult-to-manage (D2M) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), incorporating treatment-refractory (TR) disease. Methods: A literature review was conducted in 2022 to identify potential definitions for D2M/TR axSpA from prior studies, followed by a 2-round Delphi consensus process conducted in 2022 and 2023 to id...
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology.; OBJECTIVE: To compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and non-axSpA patients with chronic back pain of < 2 years (2 y). METHODS: Baseline and 2 y data of patients included in the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early cohort were analyzed. HRQoL w...
Publisher Copyright: © 2025 Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia.; Background: Regular physical activity is recommended for all patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), but measuring its frequency, duration and intensity can be challenging. The modified Short Questionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (mSQUASH) is a patient-reported outcome measurement designed to assess daily physical act...
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity to change in structural imaging outcomes over 10 years of follow-up in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). METHODS: Patients with axSpA from the Devenir des Spondyloarthropathies Indifferénciées Récentes cohort were inclu...
Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.; OBJECTIVES: To assess the association of posterior element (PE) and facet joint (FJ) inflammation with subsequent new FJ ankylosis (FJA) on MRI, in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). METHODS: Patients from the Sensitive Ima...
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.; OBJECTIVES: To follow up four previously identified classes 'pure axial spondyloarthritis' (axSpA) ('axial'), 'axSpA with peripheral signs' ('inflammatory back pain+peripheral'), 'axSpA at risk' and 'no spondyloarthritis' ('no SpA'). They reflect the expert-opinion-free ...
Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.; OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to evaluate whether there are differences in the long-term prognosis across various phenotypes of early arthritis (EA). METHODS: Three EA cohorts (Reade, Etude et Suivi des Polyarthrites Indifférenciées Réce...
Aims The aim was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the modified Short Questionnaire to Assess Health-enhancing physical activity (mSQUASH) into Turkish Methods The mSQUASH was translated into Turkish and backward-translation into Dutch was performed afterwards using the Beaton method. After the Turkish version was reviewed and revised by an expert committee that included translators, two patients and the ...