Objectives To establish reference intervals (RIs) for work ability, at-work productivity loss and overall productivity loss in the general working population and to compare work ability and at-work ...

Objective Subjects with subclinical psoriatic arthritis (PsA), defined as the presence of arthralgia in psoriasis (PsO), are at higher risk of PsA but scant real-world data exist. Our aims were to (1) ...

Background Tabalumab is a human monoclonal antibody that neutralises B-cell activating factor. Objectives To evaluate tabalumab efficacy and safety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods ...

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide, but the aetiology remains poorly understood. Finding relevant biomarkers may lead to better understanding of disease ...

Objectives To identify potentially modifiable factors that mediate the association between symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) and premature mortality. Methods A population-based prospective cohort study; ...

Objective To systematically assess the evidence on the use of ultrasonography (US) for the detection of vascular inflammation in Takayasu arteritis (TAK), with a focus on evaluating existing scoring ...

Objectives To assess the value of adding the ultradistal level to other more thoroughly studied levels of the carpal tunnel when measuring the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the median nerve (MN) by ...

Background The type 1 interferon (IFN) pathway has been identified to potentially affect the response to rituximab (RTX) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which suggests the contribution of type 1 IFN ...

Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of belimumab in paediatric versus adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods We performed across-study comparisons of patients with ...

Objectives Sensitive detection of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is crucial to the success of the treat-to-target strategy. In this study, we characterise a novel machine ...

The European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis have been recently published. Unique to recommendation ...

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility, accuracy, usability and acceptability of two upper arm self-sampling devices for measurement of autoantibodies and C reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients ...