Gary Rothbard, MD, MS

Individuals with knee osteoarthritis who have indicators of high vs low/no levels of neuropathic pain may be at elevated risk for chronic pain after total knee replacement surgery.

Reduced cardiorespiratory fitness may be associated with increased risk for CVD in ankylosing spondylitis.

Three biomarkers related to B-cell activity were associated with various domains of the European League Against Rheumatism Sjogren Syndrome Disease Activity Index.

Women with osteoarthritis who reported lower physical activity levels before total joint replacement were more likely to experience mobility limitations in late life.

Recent data showed no difference in the risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, new-onset heart failure, coronary revascularization, or all-cause mortality between patients initiating febuxostat compared with allopurinol.

Researchers assessed the reproducibility of UCOASMI in clinical practice settings.

Dual-energy computed tomography was superior to ultrasound for diagnosing suspected gouty knee arthritis.

Fatigue had a significant and independent effect on work disability measures in rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Sprifermin has a positive effect on cartilage morphology and cartilage thickness in radiographic knee osteoarthritis.

To assess validity of SLE-DAS, investigators performed a Spearman’s correlation between SLE-DAS, PGA, and SLEDAI-2K at the last follow-up visit.

Calcium phosphate cement loaded with bupivacaine vs ropivacaine may accelerate functional recovery after bone reconstruction surgery and maintain bone-filling properties.

Female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who had musculoskeletal symptoms or positive antiphospholipid antibodies demonstrated higher titers of anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies.

Smoking status in patients with systemic sclerosis was not significantly associated with systemic sclerosis-specific cutaneous or pulmonary changes.

Percutaneous vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures may not provide analgesic benefits superior to a sham procedure.

Axial spondyloarthritis disease duration was associated with higher risk of developing acute anterior uveitis and inflammatory bowel disease, but not psoriasis.

The investigational drug SAR100842 was safe, moderately effective, and well tolerated in patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

Education combined with exercise as well as a single corticosteroid injection may be more effective than a wait-and-see approach for alleviating gluteal tendinopathy-associated pain.

Researchers assessed achievement of minimally important changes in SPARCC scores in biologic-naive patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with tofacitinib or placebo.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis with chronic hepatitis B virus infection demonstrated greater radiographic progression and poorer clinical response at 1 year.

Illness perceptions are important in the relationship between back pain and health-related quality of life in patients suspected of axial spondyloarthritis.

Baseline depressive symptoms were associated with pain and disability in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Data show that anti-ENA results change infrequently, especially following 1 or more negative tests.

Weekly belimumab treatment was safe and effective and superior to placebo for reducing disease activity over 52 weeks in patients who were hypocomplementemic and anti-dsDNA positive.

Certain clinical and serological markers were predictive of future incident proteinuria in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Investigators aimed to examine the use of treatment targets in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in terms of joint limitations, functional ability, psychosocial health, and pain levels.

Intraoperative periarticular local anesthetic infiltration and psoas compartment block may provide comparable analgesia after total hip arthroplasty.

Investigators compared long-term adalimumab and infliximab (IFX) retention rates in patients with intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis.

Abnormal ultrasound findings were common in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis with clinically inactive disease.

Blisibimod was effective in patients with SLE in terms of steroid reduction, decreased proteinuria, and improvement in serological markers.

The results of 2 randomized controlled trials showed that filgotinib improved quality of life when given in combination with methotrexate or as monotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis.