Future longitudinal studies are needed to explore causal relationships between first carpometacarpal (CMC-1) inflammation and pain, and clinical trials are needed that have a low risk for bias and examine the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment in inflamed CMC-1 joints.
Poor sleep quality and greater fatigue may be associated with pain exacerbation in patients with symptomatic hip osteoarthritis.
This is the first study to describe persistent joint pain and stiffness many months after infection with the chikungunya virus.
Scores on the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale may be associated with key areas of functioning in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Lumbar computed tomography-guided corticosteroid infiltration may effectively alleviate pain associated with a number of conditions, including disk herniation, lumbar stenosis, and spondyloarthrosis.
Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor therapy should be cautiously used in patients with osteoarthritis due to an increased risk for gastrointestinal- and cardiovascular-related adverse events.
Researchers examined the role of pain and function in the association between stiffness and quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.
Chronic widespread pain may be prevalent in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis.
Non-episodic foot pain in hyperuricemia was responsive to urate-lowering therapy.
Mechanistic pain profiling may help predict response to treatment for knee osteoarthritis with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs plus paracetamol.
