Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-income
countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

Objective To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in
patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. Methods In this Assessment of …

Many clinical practice guidelines recommend similar approaches for the assessment and
management of low back pain. Recommendations include use of a biopsychosocial framework …

Objective: To validate and refine two sets of candidate criteria for the classification/diagnosis
of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: All Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international …

The field of spondyloarthritis (SpA) has experienced major progress in the last decade,
especially with regard to new treatments, earlier diagnosis, imaging technology and a better …

Background Treatment options for patients with ankylosing spondylitis are few. We aimed to
assess the effectiveness of infliximab, an antibody to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, in …

Ankylosing spondylitis is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the axial
skeleton, causing characteristic inflammatory back pain, which can lead to structural and …

This first update of the ASAS/EULAR recommendations on the management of ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) is based on the original paper, a systematic review of existing …

To update and integrate the recommendations for ankylosing spondylitis and the recommendations
for the use of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA…

Objectives: To develop a new index for disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (ASDAS)
that is truthful, discriminative and feasible, and includes domains/items that are considered …