Archive of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, a leading rheumatology journal previously published by BMJ.

1 Division of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain 2 Division of Internal Medicine, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain 3 Division of Clinical Biochemistry, La Paz University ...

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...

1 Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, ...

Dr B Manger, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Erlangen Krankenhausstr 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany Newer US techniques, which are currently being evaluated, include colour and power ...

a Rheumatology Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, b Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham Dr O’Reilly. OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the ...

Objectives To develop and validate an international set of classification criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) using guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European ...

Objective: To determine whether a short course of prednisolone is superior to placebo for improving pain, function, and range of motion in adhesive capsulitis. Design: Double blind, randomised, ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of the individual components of physiotherapy in subjects with anterior knee pain. METHODS An observer blind, prospective, factorial design randomised controlled ...

Objective To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. Methods In this Assessment of SpondyloArthritis ...

Background: Comprehensive multisystem clinical assessment using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity score (BVAS) is widely used in therapeutic studies of systemic vasculitis. Extensive use suggested a ...

Rheumatology, Med Klinik I, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany ...