General Rheumatology

Individuals using statins over 5 years and those using atorvastatin reported a lower risk for future osteoarthritis-related knee pain.

The combined effects of pain with insomnia and pain with depression increased diverse types of health care use.

Researchers examined the correlation between knee pain and radiographic features of osteoarthritis.

Rheumatologist-assessed inflammatory back pain (IBP) or the criteria for IBP developed for ankylosing spondylitis might not perform well when determining axial involvement in psoriatic arthritis.

Replacing at least 10 minutes a day of time spent sedentary, asleep, or in light physical activity with moderate physical activity may be associated with significant reductions in bodily pain interference and knee pain in adults at risk for osteoarthritis knee pain.

EULAR has released updated guidelines for the management of hand osteoarthritis.

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis who have inflammatory back pain or neuropathic pain may have higher pain intensity, pain interference, disease activity, and greater functional limitation compared with individuals with axial spondyloarthritis but without either comorbidity.

The location and spread of pain in patients with axial spondyloarthritis was different between genders and was related to worse clinical status.

Buckling of the hip joint, also referred to as “giving way,” and hip injuries may be associated with hip pain worsening in patients with symptomatic hip osteoarthritis.