{"title":"Successfully Treating Patients With Osteoarthritis: How Encouragement of Physical Activity Can Generate the Best Outcomes. A Physician's Perspective.","authors":"Grace H Lo","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0899","url":null,"abstract":"The public health burden of osteoarthritis (OA) is substantial as it is the most common form of arthritis, with an increase in prevalence over time.<sup>1</sup> This rate is higher among veterans, perhaps in part because of their high exposure to trauma, a known risk factor for OA.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Silvia Scriffignano, Paola Triggianese, Mario Ferraioli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Ennio Lubrano
{"title":"Sensitivity and specificity of composite indices of remission in males and females with psoriatic arthritis: a multicenter cross-sectional study of longitudinal cohorts.","authors":"Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Silvia Scriffignano, Paola Triggianese, Mario Ferraioli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Ennio Lubrano","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0786","url":null,"abstract":"The aim was to evaluate the sex differences in sensitivity, specificity, positive/negative predictive value and likelihood ratio of the outcome indices MDA, DAPSA and PsAID, in respect to clinical-judged remission, evaluated by both physician's and patients' perspective, in a multicenter cohort of PsA patients.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People with knee OA and flexion contracture developed localized tibial articular cartilage loss: data from the osteoarthritis initiative.","authors":"T Mark Campbell, Odette Laneuville, Guy Trudel","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0743","url":null,"abstract":"To evaluate whether a knee flexion contracture (FC) was associated with localized tibial articular cartilage loss over a 1-year period using the Osteoarthritis Initiative quantitative data.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos García-Porrúa, Carlota L Iñiguez-Ubiaga, José A Pinto-Tasende
{"title":"Influence of Gender on the Persistence of Different Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatments in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis.","authors":"Carlos García-Porrúa, Carlota L Iñiguez-Ubiaga, José A Pinto-Tasende","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0822","url":null,"abstract":"Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects men and women equally, although it is known that important differences exist between the sexes. We have read the recently published paper, \"Women with psoriatic arthritis experience higher disease burden than men: findings from a real-world survey in the United States and Europe,\" by Gossec et al.<sup>1</sup>.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer L Rogers, Megan E B Clowse, Kevin McKenna, Summer Starling, Teresa Swezey, Nneka Molokwu, Amy Corneli, David S Pisetsky, Kai Sun, Lisa G Criscione-Schreiber, Rebecca E Sadun, Mithu Maheswaranthan, Dana Burshell, Jayanth Doss, Amanda M Eudy
{"title":"Patient and physician perspectives of systemic lupus erythematosus flare: A qualitative study.","authors":"Jennifer L Rogers, Megan E B Clowse, Kevin McKenna, Summer Starling, Teresa Swezey, Nneka Molokwu, Amy Corneli, David S Pisetsky, Kai Sun, Lisa G Criscione-Schreiber, Rebecca E Sadun, Mithu Maheswaranthan, Dana Burshell, Jayanth Doss, Amanda M Eudy","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0721","url":null,"abstract":"Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) flares are associated with increased damage and decreased health-related quality of life. We hypothesized there is discordance between physicians' and patients' views of lupus flare. In this study, we aimed to explore patient and physician descriptions of SLE flares.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua J Skydel, Reshma Ramachandran, Sakinah Suttiratana, Joseph S Ross, Christopher M Burns, Joshua D Wallach
{"title":"Geographic and Demographic Representation in Industry-Sponsored, US-Based Clinical Trials of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Therapies.","authors":"Joshua J Skydel, Reshma Ramachandran, Sakinah Suttiratana, Joseph S Ross, Christopher M Burns, Joshua D Wallach","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0920","url":null,"abstract":"Clinical research into potential therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has increased over the last 2 decades, driven by the discovery of new targetable pathways, yet uncertainty persists over which patients benefit from new therapies.<sup>1</sup> Black patients and other minoritized populations, which disproportionately experience severe disease, are underrepresented in SLE trials.<sup>2</sup>.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soumya M Reddy, Katie Xue, M Elaine Husni, Jose U Scher, Alisa J Stephens-Shields, Niti Goel, Joelle Koplin, Ethan T Craig, Jessica Walsh, Alexis Ogdie
{"title":"Use of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index in patients with PsA with and without axial disease.","authors":"Soumya M Reddy, Katie Xue, M Elaine Husni, Jose U Scher, Alisa J Stephens-Shields, Niti Goel, Joelle Koplin, Ethan T Craig, Jessica Walsh, Alexis Ogdie","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0504","url":null,"abstract":"To evaluate whether the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a responsive instrument in PsA and whether it differentiates between axial and peripheral disease activity in PsA.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frédéric Lefebvre, Carolyn Ross, Medha Soowamber, Christian Pagnoux
{"title":"Aneurysmal Disease In Patients With Takayasu Arteritis.","authors":"Frédéric Lefebvre, Carolyn Ross, Medha Soowamber, Christian Pagnoux","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0629","url":null,"abstract":"Takayasu Arteritis (TAK) leads to stenotic disease. Aneurysmal lesions are rarer. This study assessed the main characteristics of aneurysmal disease in a Canadian cohort of TAK patients.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie F Huffman, Kirsten R Ambrose, Amanda E Nelson, Kelli D Allen, Yvonne M Golightly, Leigh F Callahan
{"title":"The critical role of physical activity and weight management in knee and hip osteoarthritis: A narrative review.","authors":"Katie F Huffman, Kirsten R Ambrose, Amanda E Nelson, Kelli D Allen, Yvonne M Golightly, Leigh F Callahan","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0819","url":null,"abstract":"Physical activity and weight management are critical components of an effective knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) management plan; yet most people with OA remain insufficiently active and/or overweight. Clinicians and their care teams play an important role in educating patients with OA about physical activity and weight management, eliciting patient motivation to engage in these strategies, and referring patients to appropriate self-management interventions. The purpose of this review is to educate clinicians about the current public health and clinical OA guidelines for physical activity and weight management and highlight a variety of evidence-based self-management interventions available in community and clinical settings and online.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Titilola Falasinnu, Thy Nguyen, Tiffany En Jiang, Suzanne Tamang, Yashaar Chaichian, Beth D Darnall, Sean Mackey, Julia F Simard, Jonathan H Chen
{"title":"The Problem of Pain in Rheumatology: Variations in Case Definitions Derived From Chronic Pain Phenotyping Algorithms Using Electronic Health Records.","authors":"Titilola Falasinnu, Thy Nguyen, Tiffany En Jiang, Suzanne Tamang, Yashaar Chaichian, Beth D Darnall, Sean Mackey, Julia F Simard, Jonathan H Chen","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2023-0416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2023-0416","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate and compare different case definitions for chronic pain to provide estimates of possible misclassification when researchers are limited by available electronic health record and administrative claims data, allowing for greater precision in case definitions.","PeriodicalId":501812,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Rheumatology","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}