What You Need to Know About Sacroiliac Dysfunction.
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and sacroiliac dysfunction is estimated to occur in 15%-30% of those with nonspecific low back pain. Nurses are in the unique position to support and provide education to patients who may be experiencing sacroiliac dysfunction or possibly a…
Radiographic signs of implant loosening in sacroiliac joint fusion: an 11-year retrospective cohort study.
Sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction, an under-recognized cause of chronic low back pain, is predominantly prevalent in women. In selected patients it can be treated using minimally invasive fusion with stabilizing implants. While short-term outcomes of SI joint fusion (SIJF) are well documented, long-…
Ankylosing Spondylitis Presenting as a Severe Kyphotic Deformity Without Pain: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease predominantly affecting the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints. Progressive structural remodeling may lead to syndesmophyte formation, spinal ankylosis, and the characteristic "bamboo spine" appearance. In advanced stages, spinal deform…
Comparison of the established ASAS definition and preliminary proposed data-driven cut-offs for inflammatory and structural MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joints for eligibility of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis in clinical trials.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate patient characteristics and treatment outcomes in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) eligible for a clinical trial based on the 2009 established Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) magnetic resonance imag…
Prevalence of and factors associated with radiographic sacroiliitis in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a computed tomography-based study.
To determine the prevalence of radiographic sacroiliitis-a classification feature of spondyloarthritis-and to identify associated factors in Japanese patients with inflammatory bowel disease. This retrospective study included 880 patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease who underwent abdo…
Whole body-MRI identifies widespread, low intensity inflammation in peripheral joints, and axial involvement in a third of patients with early, treatment-naïve, active psoriatic arthritis: Data from the GOLMePsA clinical trial.
To describe the prevalence and extent of whole body (WB)-MRI detected joint disease features and their response to therapy in patients with early, active PsA. Newly diagnosed PsA patients (treatment-naïve), recruited in GOLMePsA randomized trial (methotrexate plus golimumab and steroids, GOLMTX…
[Gout of the manubriosternal joints: A case report].
Gout is a metabolic disorder caused by abnormalities in purine metabolism and/or impaired uric acid excretion. It is characterized by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints or connective tissues, leading to recurrent episodes of acute arthritis. Gout can be categorized into two major…
Structural progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is difficult to model in species with human-relevant spinal anatomy and long-term imaging readouts. Here, we established a rhesus macaque model of AS-like structural remodeling by standardized posterior L2-L6 musculoligamentous injury, with sham-…