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Quantitative sensory testing in painful hand osteoarthritis demonstrates features of peripheral sensitisation. [PDF]

, 2012
Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a prevalent condition for which treatments are based on analgesia and physical therapies. Our primary objective was to evaluate pain perception in participants with HOA by assessing the characteristics of nodal involvement ...
Ejindu, V, Hermansson, M, Heron, C, Kiely, P, Sofat, N, Wajed, J   +5 more
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The Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as an Inflammatory Marker in Rheumatic Diseases

Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2019
The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) has emerged as an informative marker revealing shifts in platelet and lymphocyte counts due to acute inflammatory and prothrombotic states.
A. Gasparyan, L. Ayvazyan, Ulzhan Mukanova, M. Yessirkepov, G. Kitas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of hospital PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases in patients with chronic inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2020
Background The susceptibility of patients with rheumatic diseases and the risks or benefits of immunosuppressive therapies for COVID-19 are unknown. Methods We performed a retrospective study with patients under follow-up in rheumatology departments from
J. Pablos, L. Abasolo, J. Álvaro-Gracia, F. Blanco, R. Blanco, Isabel Castrejón, David Fernández-Fernández, B. Fernández-Gutiérrez, M. Galindo-Izquierdo, M. González-Gay, S. Manrique-Arija, Natalia Mena Vázquez, A. Mera Varela, M. Retuerto, Alvaro Seijas-Lopez   +14 more
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Associations between cardiovascular risk factors, disease activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with inflammatory joint disease: a cross-sectional analysis

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) are accompanied by an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a modifiable CVD risk factor and low levels of CRF associate with an elevated CVD risk. This study aimed
Kristine Røren Nordén, Anne Grete Semb, Hanne Dagfinrud, Jonny Hisdal, Sigrid Ødegård, Joseph Sexton, Camilla Fongen, Jon Skandsen, Thalita Blanck, George S. Metsios, Anne Therese Tveter   +10 more
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Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2020
Objectives To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19.
D. Freites Núñez, L. León, A. Mucientes, L. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. Font Urgelles, A. Madrid García, J. I. Colomer, J. Jover, B. Fernández-Gutiérrez, L. Abasolo   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Biology and Its Potential as a Therapeutic Target in Rheumatic Diseases

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Rheumatic diseases constitute a diversified group of diseases distinguished by arthritis and often involve other organs. The affected individual has low quality of life, productivity even life-threatening in some severe conditions.
Thi Hong Nhung Le, Sang-Mo Kwon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases [PDF]

Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1993
Emerging osteoarthritis studies suggest that certain occupations are associated with a high risk for development of hip and knee osteoarthritis, at least in men. The main activities identified are regular lifting for the hip and knee bending for the knee.
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The Role of Extracellular Matrix and Hydrogels in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Chondrogenesis and Cartilage Regeneration

Life, 2022
Diseases associated with articular cartilage disintegration or loss are still therapeutically challenging. The traditional treatment approaches only alleviate the symptoms while potentially causing serious side effects. The limited self-renewal potential
Magdalena Strecanska, Lubos Danisovic, Stanislav Ziaran, Michaela Cehakova   +3 more
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Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]

, 2018
Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce, D'AGUANNO, VITTORIO, DE VINCENTIIS, Marco, DE VIRGILIO, ARMANDO, DI STADIO, Arianna, GRECO, Antonio, LONGO, Lucia, RALLI, MASSIMO   +7 more
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Adjunct role of potassium-rich vegetarian diet and a novel potassium food supplement to improve pain in chronic rheumatoid arthritis on supervised standard care: a randomised controlled study

BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
Introduction An earlier food survey showed dietary potassium deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Objective To evaluate an adjunct role of oral potassium to reduce joint pain in RA.Methods 172 consenting eligible symptomatic patients (median duration ...
Arvind Chopra, Manjit Saluja, Toktam Kianifard, Sanjeev Sarmukaddam, Anuradha Venugopalan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source