Short-term changes on MRI predict long-term changes on X-ray MRI is a valid method for monitoring joint damage in short-duration randomised clinical trials. INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints, causing pain and disability. Although many treatments that stop inflammation and joint destruction have been introduced over the past […]
Category: Imaging techniques
MRI may be a valid biomarker in RA
MRI measures of inflammation and structural damage correlate independently with physical function, pain and patient global assessments INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints, causing pain and disability. It is more common in older people, and affects both men and women. The use of patient-reported outcomes (often shortened to […]
Can adding a musculoskeletal ultrasound assessment to an intensive early treatment strategy improve outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis?
Regular use of ultrasound may lead to more intensive treatment, but does not significantly affect short-term outcomes. INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints and sometimes their internal organs. Many studies have suggested that treatment and interventions should target disease in the early stages to help prevent disability and […]
New imaging techniques may help to assess disease activity in RA
New imaging techniques may offer hope for quicker and cheaper and less invasive imaging in people with rheumatoid arthritis, allowing disease activity and progression to be more closely monitored. INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints and sometimes their internal organs, causing pain and disability. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause […]
Imaging may be more important than clinical examination in JIA
A EULAR task force has developed nine key points to consider around the use of imaging children with JIA in clinical practice, and a research agenda to help further the evidence. INTRODUCTION Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is more commonly referred to as JIA, and includes most types of arthritis seen in children. JIA is an inflammatory […]
Imaging techniques are important for classifying gout
Modern imaging techniques such as ultrasound may help to diagnose and classify gout. INTRODUCTION Gout is a very common condition. The symptoms tend to flare every so often, developing over a few hours and causing severe pain in the joints. It is caused by deposits of crystals of a substance called uric acid (urate) in […]
