Intra-articular corticosteroids remain widely used for symptomatic treatment of peripheral
joint osteoarthritis (OA). Several studies in knee OA have indicated a significant benefit …

Objectives To assess predictive factors for rheumatoid arthritis interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD)
in two early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) inception cohorts with a focus on methotrexate (…

Pain is the most important symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) and the reason why individuals seek
medical treatment. The anatomic cause is unclear and is likely to vary between individuals…

Objective To assess the effectiveness of mind-body therapy (MBT) for fibromyalgia syndrome
(FM) by systematically reviewing randomized/quasirandomized controlled trials using …

Objective: To identify the most common sites of pain in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA)
and to investigate clinical, radiographic and psychosocial associations of pain occurring in …

Objective To investigate the relationship between anxiety and depression and reporting of
knee pain in the community. Methods Subjects (n = 374) were community volunteers aged 40 …

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) is associated with increased cardiovascular event ( CVE
) risk. The impact of statins in RA is not established. We assessed whether atorvastatin is …

Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which structural damage,
clinical disease activity, demographic and social factors are associated with work disability (WD) …

Introduction The pathology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) suggests that certain cytokines and
matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) might provide useful markers of disease activity. Serum …

Psychosocial factors may explain some of the variation in pain reporting among individuals
with knee OA. This has important potential implications for management; indeed, several …