User profiles for Finbar D O'Shea

finbar o'shea

Consultant Rheumatologist, St James's Hospital
Verified email at stjames.ie
Cited by 2160

International spondyloarthritis interobserver reliability exercise--the INSPIRE study: II. Assessment of peripheral joints, enthesitis, and dactylitis.

…, P Helliwell, A Kavanaugh, FD O'Shea… - The Journal of …, 2007 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the assessments of peripheral joints and enthesitis were
reproducible for both AS and PsA with axial disease, and whether dactylitis assessment is …

Exercise in ankylosing spondylitis: discrepancies between recommendations and reality

LA Passalent, LJ Soever, FD O'SHEA… - The Journal of …, 2010 - jrheum.org
Objective. To determine the type and extent of exercise used by an ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
cohort and to examine patients’ perceptions of exercise. Recommendations for the …

Increased body mass index in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with greater burden of symptoms and poor perceptions of the benefits of exercise

…, R Conway, G Cunnane, FD O'SHEA - The Journal of …, 2012 - jrheum.org
Objective. Increased body mass index (BMI) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is
associated with a greater burden of symptoms and poor perceptions of the benefits of exercise…

Comparison of clinical and radiographic severity of juvenile-onset versus adult-onset ankylosing spondylitis

FD O'Shea, E Boyle, R Riarh, SM Tse… - Annals of the …, 2009 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives: An important unresolved issue in the pathogenesis and clinical course of ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) is whether juvenile-onset AS (JoAS) is a clinical entity in its own right or …

International spondyloarthritis interobserver reliability exercise--the INSPIRE study: I. Assessment of spinal measures.

…, P Helliwell, A Kavanaugh, FD O'Shea… - The Journal of …, 2007 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the axial measures used in primary ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) were reproducible for both AS and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with axial disease. …

Postural control is altered in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

ME Vergara, FD O'Shea, RD Inman, WH Gage - Clinical biomechanics, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can lead to
increased axial and peripheral joint stiffness, impairing joint mobility. Impaired axial mobility …

Clinical efficacy of celecoxib compared to acetaminophen in chronic nonspecific low back pain: results of a randomized controlled trial

…, I Sari, D Wallis, FD O'shea, D Salonen… - Arthritis Care & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In this randomized controlled trial, we compared the effect of celecoxib and
acetaminophen on pain and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scores in patients with chronic …

Radiographic severity of ankylosing spondylitis is associated with polymorphism of the large multifunctional peptidase 2 gene in the Spondyloarthritis Research …

…, P Rahman, FWL Tsui, FD O'Shea… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There are limited data on genetic predictors of radiographic progression. The aim
of this study was to examine polymorphisms in genes involved in antigen presentation and …

Safety of joint and soft tissue injections in patients on warfarin anticoagulation

R Conway, FD O'Shea, G Cunnane, MF Doran - Clinical rheumatology, 2013 - Springer
Performance of joint and soft tissue injections in patients receiving anticoagulation is subject
to different protocols, some of which suggest continuing treatment within the therapeutic …

Multimorbidity in axial spondyloarthropathy and its association with disease outcomes: results from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Registry of Ireland cohort

G Fitzgerald, P Gallagher, FD O'Shea - The Journal of Rheumatology, 2020 - jrheum.org
Objective. Multimorbidity, the coexistence of 2 or more conditions in an individual, is associated
with morbidity and mortality in the general population. This study aims to describe the …