Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of the joint occurring in elderly population. According to World Health Organization, its worldwide prevalence ranges from 11,8% to 12,7%.

1 Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Department of Rheumatology, St Maartenshospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 3 Department of Medical ...

15 Department of Radiology. Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands 16 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...

1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Department of ...

Objectives This study describes the longitudinal association between objectively assessed physical activity (PA) and knee structural change measured using MRI. Methods 405 community-dwelling adults ...

1 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia 2 Physiotherapy Department, Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia ...

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, Berlin, Germany 2 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany and Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, ...

562 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada TG6 2S2 Whiplash associated disorders have become an international medicolegal and social dilemma. Physicians are ...

Objectives The RITUXVAS trial reported similar remission induction rates and safety between rituximab and cyclophosphamide based regimens for antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated ...

Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamón, Puerto Rico Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether continued methotrexate treatment increases the risk of postoperative infections or of surgical complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) within one year ...

5 Department of Rheumatology, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway 6 Department of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken/Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway Correspondence to Dr Karen ...