Rheumatology News & Articles

1 Steroid injection for inferior heel pain: a randomised controlled trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Comparative efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in fibromyalgia syndrome: network meta-analysis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article    Clinical Article

3 Efficacy of oral prednisolone in active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled short-term trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Infliximab for 6 months added on combination therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: 2-year results from an investigator-initiated, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (the NEO-RACo Study) Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

5 Similar response rates in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis after 1 year of treatment with etanercept: results from the ESTHER trial Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

6 A randomised, double-blind, multicentre, parallel-group, prospective study comparing the pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of CT-P13 and innovator infliximab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: the PLANETAS study Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

7 Efficacy and safety of secukinumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a phase II, dose-finding, double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Methotrexate polyglutamation in relation to infliximab pharmacokinetics in rheumatoid arthritis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

9 Efficacy of rituximab in systemic manifestations of primary Sjogrens syndrome: results in 78 patients of the AutoImmune and Rituximab registry Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Difference in the risk of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab, infliximab and etanercept: results from the Dutch Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitoring (DREAM) registry Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Cam impingement causes osteoarthritis of the hip: a nationwide prospective cohort study (CHECK) Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

12 Analysis of knee flexion characteristics and how they alter with the onset of knee osteoarthritis: a case control study Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Clinical Article

13 MiR-20a regulates ASK1 expression and TLR4-dependent cytokine release in rheumatoid fibroblast-like synoviocytes Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Review Article

14 Evidence of NLRP3-inflammasome activation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA); genetic variants within the NLRP3-inflammasome complex in relation to susceptibility to RA and response to anti-TNF treatment Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Review Article

15 Sclerostin inhibition reverses systemic, periarticular and local bone loss in arthritis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Review Article

16 A preliminary algorithm introducing immunogenicity assessment in the management of patients with RA receiving tumour necrosis factor inhibitor therapies Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

17 Granulocyte colony stimulating factor exacerbates antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Review Article

18 The adoption of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis case definitions to assess prevalence: a systematic review Annals of Epidemiology , May 22, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

19 A randomized trial comparing monthly ibandronate and weekly alendronate for osteoporosis in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis Hepatology, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

20 The development of candidate composite disease activity and responder indices for psoriatic arthritis (GRACE project) Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, May 22, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Vitamin D supplementation in elderly or postmenopausal women: a 2013 update of the 2008 recommendations from the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) Current Medical Research and Opinion, April 3, 2013

2 Antibiotics for Treatment of Reactive Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis The Journal of Rheumatology, April 18, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

3 EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, April 10, 2013

4 Targeted therapies for systemic sclerosis Nature Reviews Rheumatology , April 10, 2013

5 Complementary and alternative exercise for fibromyalgia: a meta-analysis Journal of Pain Research, April 2, 2013    Free full text

6 Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: clinical features, course, and prognosis Clinical Rheumatology, March 26, 2013

7 Statin Use in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Retrospective Study The Journal of Rheumatology, April 3, 2013

8 Osteoarthritis guidelines: a progressive role for topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, April 4, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Guideline

9 Safety of Abatacept Administered Intravenously in Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Integrated Analyses of up to 8 Years of Treatment from the Abatacept Clinical Trial Program The Journal of Rheumatology, April 16, 2013

10 New therapeutics in systemic lupus erythematosus Current Opinion in Rheumatology, April 1, 2013

11 New treatments for osteoarthritis Current Opinion in Rheumatology, March 29, 2013

12 The association of gout with sleep disorders: a cross-sectional study in primary care BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 5, 2013    Free full text

13 Intra-articular corticosteroid injection in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: Factors predicting pain relief--A systematic review Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, February 4, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

14 Novel aspects of Sjogren's syndrome in 2012 BMC Medicine, April 16, 2013    Free full text

15 Creatine supplementation in fibromyalgia: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial Arthritis Care & Research , April 3, 2013

16 Current diagnostic tools for Sjogrens syndrome International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, April 3, 2013

17 A meta-analysis of healing and prevention of digital ulcers (DU) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) Arthritis Care & Research , April 2, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

18 The Early Protective Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on the Risk of Cumulative Damage in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus The Journal of Rheumatology, April 18, 2013

19 The impact of statin use on lipid levels in statin-naive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vs. non-RA subjects: Results from a population-based study Arthritis Care & Research , April 17, 2013

20 Safety of Rituximab in Combination with Other Biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Open-label Study The Journal of Rheumatology, April 2, 2013