Objectives. To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of changes in
chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity that is most closely associated with improvement on the …

Background To assess whether, in the real world of three early arthritis clinics, early referral
could allow the best outcome, ie, remission, to be reached, and whether reaching the …

Objectives. The aims of the present study were to assess the inter-observer agreement of
standard joint count and to compare clinical examination with grey scale ultrasonography (US) …

Objective. To compare, “in a real world,” the performance of the most common composite
activity indices in a cohort of PsA patients. Methods. A total of 171 PsA patients were involved. …

Background: Given the high prevalence of rheumatic diseases, there is a need to determine
which conditions have the greatest impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The …

Objective. To evaluate the validity, in terms of the patients’ acceptance, preference, feasibility
and reliability of an innovative, interactive computerized system for collection of patient-…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of high resolution ultrasonography (US) in the diagnosis
of erosive osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: We enrolled 110 patients with signs and …

Objective: To propose e-learning methods that address the fundamental problems related to
sonographic training in rheumatology. Methods: The project was designed for …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to perform a psychometric analysis of the Italian
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised version (FIQR), using both classical test theory (CTT) …

Over the last few years the use of ultrasonography (US) in the study of salivary glands is greatly
increased due to its several advantages and undoubted diagnostic potential in detecting …