Spondyloarthritis Archives - Clinical Pain Advisor

Chronic Widespread Pain Prevalent in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis

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April 18, 2019

Chronic widespread pain may be prevalent in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis.

Rheumatology

Gender Differences in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Comparing Disease Burden and Treatment

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Helen Fosam, PhD

July 11, 2018

An improved understanding of the gender differences in axial spondyloarthritis can improve disease treatment and reduce disease burden.

Rheumatology

Illness Perceptions Mediate Back Pain, Quality of Life in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis

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Gary Rothbard, MD

May 22, 2018

Illness perceptions are important in the relationship between back pain and health-related quality of life in patients suspected of axial spondyloarthritis.

Fibromyalgia

Comorbid Fibromyalgia and Axial Spondyloarthritis: Response to TNF Blocker Therapy

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Sheila Jacobs

April 2, 2018

Researchers sought to confirm whether concomitant fibromyalgia has a negative effect on TNF blocker response.

Back & Spine Pain

Examining Progression From Inflammatory Back Pain to Spondyloarthritis

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Tyler Rice

March 16, 2018

Less than one-third of patients with new-onset inflammatory back pain were found to progress to spondyloarthritis during a 13-year period, while most resolved to inflammatory back pain.

Arthritis

Targeting Remission in Axial Spondyloarthritis With Pharmacological Treatment

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Helen Fosam, PhD

March 16, 2018

Although current guidelines define remission as the absence of clinical and laboratory evidence of significant inflammatory disease,the parameters against which axial spondyloarthritis is assessed to demonstrate clinical remission are unclear.

Arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis: A Clinical Practice Assessment

October 17, 2017

Test Your Knowledge on Psoriatic Arthritis

Rheumatology

Revised Axial Spondyloarthritis Management Recommendations

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Cindy Lampner

February 3, 2017

Revised recommendations for the management of patients with axial spondyloarthritis have been issued jointly by the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society and the European League Against Rheumatism.

Back & Spine Pain

Factors Predictive of Early Spondyloarthritis-Associated Lower Back Pain

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Laura Stiles

August 29, 2016

This study also suggests that genetic factors, environmental factors and inflammation are independent predictors of radiographic progression in the SI joint in early axial SpA.