The relationship between synovitis quantified by an ultrasound 7-joint inflammation score and physical disability in rheumatoid arthritis – a cohort study

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• 作者：Jakub Závada ; Petra Hánová ; Jana Hurňáková ; Lenka Szczuková…
• 关键词：Rheumatoid arthritis ; Ultrasonography ; Synovitis ; Health assessment questionnaire
• 刊名：Arthritis Research & Therapy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：19
• 期：1
• 全文大小：369KB
• 刊物主题：Rheumatology; Orthopedics;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1478-6362
• 卷排序：19

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BackgroundRestoring normal physical functioning is a major therapeutic aim in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown, whether the extent of synovial inflammation quantified by musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) can predict current or future capacity for physical functioning. To answer this question we investigated the longitudinal relationship between physical function assessed by the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) and the German 7-joint ultrasound score (US7S) in a prospective cohort of patients with RA.