{"title":"Tiaprofenic acid (surgam) in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip.","authors":"J Wojtulewski, J Walter, E J Thornton","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tiaprofenic acid 200 mg three times a day was compared with indomethacin 25 mg three times a day in 36 patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee and hip. In this double-blind cross-over study little significant difference in efficacy between the drugs was seen. Although no significant difference in adverse effects was found, significantly fewer central nervous system side-effects were associated with tiaprofenic acid treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"177-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18071051","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":"Monitoring spinal movement relating to back pain.","authors":"P J Kiernan","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sickness absence from work due to back pain is a major cause of industrial absenteeism. Attempts have, therefore, been made to show a cause and effect relationship between a person's work and back pain. To succeed, such studies require the recording of a number of parameters related to the subject and the work load for long periods. Using a miniature four-channel analogue tape recorder for this purpose, spinal movement was observed, and the practicability of the technique for this type of investigation was demonstrated.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"143-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17516196","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":"How frequently should anti-inflammatory drugs be given? A study with indoprofen.","authors":"E C Huskisson, J Scott, N Christophidis","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Indoprofen, despite its relatively short plasma half-life, was just as effective given twice daily as when the same daily total was given in four divided doses. There was a trend in favour of the twice daily regime for changes in morning pain and the duration of morning stiffness. Preferences were equally divided between the two regimes and efficacy was the usual reason for patients preferring one or other. Side-effects were no more frequent with the twice daily regime. Pharmacokinetics are no substitute for clinical experiment in planning the dosage regime of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"174-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.174","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18071050","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}
S P Baylan, S W Paik, A L Barnert, K H Ko, J Yu, R H Persellin
{"title":"Prevalence of the tarsal tunnel syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"S P Baylan, S W Paik, A L Barnert, K H Ko, J Yu, R H Persellin","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forty-eight patients with definite of classical rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied for the presence of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS). Nerve conduction velocities and distal latencies were determined in a constant temperature room and the findings compared with a group of 35 normal, age-matched subjects. After excluding four patients with peripheral neuropathy, a definite delay in the distal motor latency of the tibial nerve was documented in 11 subjects (25%). Two of the 11 had foot symptoms suggestive of TTS. These 11 patients with prolonged distal motor latencies did not otherwise differ from RA patients without TTS in terms of disease duration or severity, treatment, or the presence of foot deformity. Thus, compressive neuropathy of the branches of the posterior tibial nerve is a relatively frequent finding in patients with definite or classical RA.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"148-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.148","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18292616","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":"Gold lung.","authors":"N Cooke, A Bamji","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A rare syndrome of acute pulmonary damage due to gold therapy is described. It appears to be an entity separate from the usually reported side-effects of gold. It has a good prognosis, responding to the cessation of gold and to corticosteroid therapy. Apart from this syndrome of acute pulmonary damage, there is, as yet, no convincing evidence to incriminate gold as a cause of other pulmonary manifestations which have been attributed to rheumatoid arthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"129-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.129","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18292614","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":"Naproxen and sulindac in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.","authors":"S P Liyanage, D I Macauley, J R English","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirty patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee were entered into a double-blind, cross-over study of naproxen (750 mg/day) and sulindac (400 mg/day) both given in twice-daily regimens. Patients received each drug for four weeks. Both drugs produced improvements in the patients' overall condition. There were no statistically significant differences between the effects of the two drugs. There were few side-effects. Overall, both drugs proved beneficial and safe.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"184-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.184","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18071056","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":"Rheumatoid arthritis: returning patients to work.","authors":"H Sheppeard, D Bulgen, D J Ward","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fifty-two patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis were followed-up for one year after being referred to the Disablement Resettlement Officer for work counselling. The proportion of patients employed following work counselling initially increased from 35% to 67%, falling to 57% after one year. In addition, 44% of patients \"off sick\" were re-established at work by job modification. Comparison of patients employed or unemployed one year later indicated that successful employment was related more to social and environmental factors than disability ro financial considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 3","pages":"160-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.3.160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18292619","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":"Osteoid osteoma in an elderly patient.","authors":"F D Hart, J M Smyth","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 2","pages":"106-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18292607","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}
P W Read, L Fernandes, P Harris, M Henderson, C J Goodwill, P Smith
{"title":"Dental study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"P W Read, L Fernandes, P Harris, M Henderson, C J Goodwill, P Smith","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Twenty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis took part in a comparison of three toothbrushes, each used for one month in a randomized trial. The three toothbrushes were a conventional toothbrush with modified handle to allow ease of gripping, an electric toothbrush, and thirdly a finger-stall attached to a normal toothbrush. There was no change in the patients' rheumatoid status during the trial. The patients were scored for plaque and gingival changes but no difference was found between the three toothbrushes. We recommend a standard toothbrush with a modified grip for the rheumatoid hand; the extra expense of an electric toothbrush cannot be justified.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 2","pages":"108-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18073181","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":"Fluproquazone for osteoarthritis.","authors":"E C Huskisson, R Bryans, J Scott","doi":"10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fluproquazone (100 mg t.d.s.) was compared in a double-blind cross-over trial with indomethacin (25 mg t.d.s.) and placebo. Fluproquazone and indomethacin were both superior to placebo. The active drugs were comparable in most measures of efficacy though significantly more patients preferred indomethacin to fluproquazone. Side-effects were few and did not lead to withdrawal of treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":76486,"journal":{"name":"Rheumatology and rehabilitation","volume":"20 2","pages":"122-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/rheumatology/20.2.122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18073185","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}