Recurrent idiopathic pericarditis is a common, problematic complication of acute pericarditis, occurring in approximately 30% of cases.1 Despite appropriate management with non-steroidal ...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of ultrasonic hip joint effusion and its relation with clinical, radiological and laboratory (ESR) findings in adults with hip pain. METHODS Patients (n=224) aged 50 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of the individual components of physiotherapy in subjects with anterior knee pain. METHODS An observer blind, prospective, factorial design randomised controlled ...

Objective: To evaluate the existing evidence on the diagnosis and management of septic arthritis in native joints. Design: Systematic review. Data sources: Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, National ...

Background: Fatigue is an important outcome for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As recommended by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) task ...

Objectives Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are useful tools for identifying clinically homogeneous subsets and predicting prognosis of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) ...

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Methods: A multidisciplinary task force was formed representing 11 European countries. The design of ...

Background: Adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology that is responsible for a significant proportion of cases of fever of unknown origin and ...

Objective: To investigate whether epigenetic mechanisms can regulate leptin’s expression and affect its downstream targets as metalloproteinases 3,9,13 in osteoarthritic chondrocytes. Methods: DNA ...

Bathing in thermal water has an impressive history and continuing popularity. In this paper a brief overview of the use of water in medicine over the centuries is given.

Background: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the cornerstone of the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), but they are associated with several adverse events (AEs).

Objectives To evaluate prospectively the effect of weight loss on the achievement of minimal disease activity (MDA) in overweight/obese patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) starting treatment with ...