{"title":"Naproxen and indomethacin in periarthritis of the shoulder.","authors":"V Rhind, W W Downie, H A Bird, V Wright, C Engler","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.51","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forty-one patients with periarthritis of the shoulder were entered into a double-blind, parallel comparison of naproxen and indomethacin. Both drugs were given twice daily, naproxen 250 mg in the morning and 500 mg at night and indomethacin 50 mg b.d. Twenty patients received naproxen and 21 received indomethacin. Patients were treated for four weeks. Both drugs significantly reduced pain and patients subjective impression of shoulder restriction, but had little significant effect on objective measurements of mobility. Fourteen patients from the naproxen group and 16 patients from the indomethacin group reported side-effects, the most common being nausea and headache. Three patients stopped naproxen and five patients stopped indomethacin because of side-effects. In conclusion, both drugs were equally effective in treating the pain of periarthritis of the shoulder but did little to change the partial loss of movement associated with the disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"51-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.51","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18083282","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":"The effect of running on the osteoarthritic joint: an experimental matched-pair study with rabbits.","authors":"T Videman","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Opinions differ on the effects of running on joints. The progression of osteoarthritis and selection makes it difficult to evaluate the effects of increased motion load on joints. The effects of treadmill running on experimentally produced unilateral osteoarthritis of the knee was estimated in a matched-pair study with rabbits. One rabbit from each of 10 pairs was randomly chosen to run at a near maximal level over a 14-week period. The stage of osteoarthritis before and after the running period was estimated from mobility measurements and radiographs, and after running from histological sections or macroscopic appearance. There were no clear differences between the exercised and control rabbits; in both groups there was a slight progression in the degenerative changes of the osteoarthritic and contralateral joints. Near maximal running had no negative effects on osteoarthritic or contralateral rabbit knees in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18104468","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":"Diclofenac sodium and thyroid function tests.","authors":"P D Fowler, P R Crook, T E Hothersall","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.42","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.42","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"42-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.42","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18083279","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":"Low back pain and its treatment by spinal manipulation: measures of flexibility and asymmetry.","authors":"F K Hoehler, J S Tobis","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nineteen low back pain patients and eight patients not suffering from low back pain were given several tests of flexibility and asymmetry by two different examiners. Three criteria of reliability and validity were used: (1) significant agreement between independent observers, (2) significantly different scores in the groups with and without low back pain, and (3) significant improvement following a successful spinal manipulation. Tests of anterior flexion and asymmetry of foot eversion met only the first and second criteria while tests of hamstring tightness and asymmetry of voluntary straight leg raising met only the first and third criteria. Passive and voluntary straight leg raising tests were the only measures that met all three criteria. Therefore, of the objective tests investigated here, only passive or voluntary straight leg raising can be strongly recommended for use in the evaluation of spinal manipulative therapy for low back pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"21-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.21","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17517370","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":"Pulseless disease of the elderly: an unusual presentation of giant cell (temporal) arteritis.","authors":"R A Frayha, S Fahd, G Rizk, A F Masri","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.36","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"36-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.36","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18104471","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":"The clinical assessment of sacro-iliac joint involvement in ankylosing spondylitis.","authors":"S R Rudge, A J Swannell, D H Rose, J H Todd","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"21 1","pages":"15-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/21.1.15","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18104469","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":"Lumbosacral facetal \"joint angles' associated with leg length inequality.","authors":"L G Giles","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Differences in the right and left lumbosacral facetal \"joint angles' are compared in non-acute low back pain patients with a leg length discrepancy of greater than 9 mm and a control group with a 0-3 mm leg length discrepancy. The method of erect-posture lumbosacral oblique radiography is described, as well as the method of measuring the lumbosacral facetal joint angles.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 4","pages":"233-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.233","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17515462","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}
J M Larson, J P Michalski, E A Collacott, D Eltorai, C C McCombs, J B Madorsky
{"title":"Increased prevalence of HLA-B27 in patients with ectopic ossification following traumatic spinal cord injury.","authors":"J M Larson, J P Michalski, E A Collacott, D Eltorai, C C McCombs, J B Madorsky","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The histocompatibility antigen HLA-B27 was determined in 43 patients with post-traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). The prevalence of B27 was significantly increased in the SCI patients with ectopic ossification. Five of 21 patients with ectopic bone had B27 compared to none of the 22 patients without ossification (P = 0.021). This finding indicates that HLA-B27 is a genetically determined risk factor for the development of heterotopic ossification following injury to the central nervous system. Future studies may determine that HLA-typing can identify a group of patients at a high risk of a disabling complication of SCI who should be treated prophylactically to prevent ectopic bone.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 4","pages":"193-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.193","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17847791","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":"Backache in pregnancy II: prophylactic influence of back care classes.","authors":"M J Mantle, J Holmes, H L Currey","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Back care advice similar to that used in \"low back pain schools' was made available to a group of primiparous women as early in their pregnancy as possible. Subsequently it was shown that they experienced significantly less \"troublesome' and \"severe' backache (P = less than 0.01) than a control group for whom such advice was not available.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 4","pages":"227-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.227","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17515460","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":"Arteritis associated with hyperviscosity-like syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis, treated by intermittent plasma-exchange for 2.5 years.","authors":"J Dequeker, M Walravens, A Leys, R Pieters","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case is reported of a hyperviscosity-like syndrome in a 53-year-old male suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The clinical presentation was an acute abdomen, peripheral neuritis, otovestibular areflexy, and central retinal vein thrombosis (papilloedema and retinopathy with venous engorgement, haemorrhages and exudates). Plasma viscosity was normal and whole blood viscosity, measured with an Oswald viscometer, was slightly elevated. The patient had markedly elevated rheumatoid factor tire and fibrinogen level. Histologically, there were no signs of arteritis in the mesentery. Intermittent plasma-exchange resulted in general improvement and no new vascular accidents after 2.5 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 4","pages":"203-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.4.203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18314783","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}