Objectives Cardiopulmonary involvement (CPI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The 6 min walk test (6MWT) is widely used to assess functional capacity, but its ...

Objective To investigate the presence and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and elucidate mechanisms modulating their inflammatory ...

Background Unravelling the performance of disease activity measures in peripheral spondyloarthritis (pSpA) is crucial for the development of clinical studies. We aimed to evaluate the construct ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that often evolves over several years, which in the presence of risk factors, is termed the at-risk phase. Several of the currently approved ...

Background Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic loci associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, the functional impact of these ...

Jih- Jin Tsai, Li-Teh Liu, Chun-Hong Chen, et al. COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs. RMD Open 2023;9:e003038.

Objective To identify the best evidence on the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in reducing fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs) and to ...

Objectives Clinical features of Behçet’s disease (BD) exhibit significant variability, not only from patient to patient but also according to gender and geographical region. This study aims to ...

Objectives To investigate whether serum C1M and C2M, biochemical markers of synovial and cartilage tissue destruction, were associated with progression of joint damage in patients with early arthritis ...

Background Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) are at an increased risk for infection related to the use of immunomodulatory therapies (ITs). The objective of this ...