Joint space narrowing
Internet hand x rays: A comparison of joint space narrowing and erosion scores (Sharp/Genant) of plain versus digitized x rays in rheumatoid arthritis patients
... Joint space narrowing (JSN) scores were based upon the Sharp [8][4,9] with Genant [6] modification ...of joint space), 2+ = moderate, worse, 3 = severe (loss of more than 50% of the ...
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Existing joint erosions increase the risk of joint space narrowing independently of clinical synovitis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
... that joint erosions (JE) are more prevalent than joint space narrowing (JSN) and that the two processes are partly independent of each ...individual joint can lead to development of JSN ...
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Serum hyaluronic acid concentration predicts the progression of joint space narrowing in normal knees and established knee osteoarthritis – a five year prospective cohort study
... The joint space width (JSW) at the narrowest point in the medial or lateral compartment of the femoro-tibial joints and the total osteophyte areas on the proximal tibia and dis- tal femur were calculated ...
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Evaluating joint space narrowing and cartilage loss in rheumatoid arthritis by using MRI
... Introduction: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been shown to be superior to radiography (XR) for assessing synovitis, osteitis, and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly in clinical trials. However, ...
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Age affects joint space narrowing in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis
... and narrowing score, HAQ score and the components of the ...and narrowing scores, 10-year HAQ scores and biannual DAS were also included in the imputation ...
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Appendicular bone mass and knee and hand osteoarthritis in Japanese women: a cross sectional study
... CMC/MCP joint was greater than that in women without OA (grade 0) at the CMC/MCP joint, but this difference was not significant (p = ...and joint space narrowing status at the CMC/MCP ...
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Effect of bisphosphonate use in patients with symptomatic and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
... Methods: People with typical OA trial entry criteria (KL2/3, minimum joint space width (mJSW) 2.5-5.0mm and p ain ≥4 on a numerical rating scale [NRS]) were classified as bisphosphonate users (3 of the 5 ...
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The determinants of change in tibial plateau bone area in osteoarthritic knees: a cohort study
... per year, respectively. Being male (P = 0.001), having a higher body mass index (P = 0.002), and having a higher baseline grade of medial joint-space narrowing (P = 0.01) were all independently and ...
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The role of subchondral bone in osteoarthritis
... Chapter 4 examined the cross-sectional correlates of subchondral bone mineral density (sBMD). Many factors were found to be associated with sBMD including age, sex, body mass index (BMI), vitamin D, sun exposure, and ...
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Predictors of response to viscosupplementation in patients with hip osteoarthritis: results of a prospective, observational, multicentre, open label, pilot study
... JSN: Joint Space Narrowing; KL: Kellgren-Lawrence; LFP: Lequesne false profile; MCII: Minimal Clinically Important Improvement; MedDRA: Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities; MRI: Magnetic ...
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Clinical joint inactivity predicts structural stability in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis
... of joint destruction in joints distant from the clinically active joints can only be speculative: (1) patients could have subclinical synovitis as shown by some sonographic studies, 39 but also by the Figure 2 ...
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CURATIVE EFFECT OF ALBIZIA LEBBECK METHANOLIC EXTRACT AGAINST ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS-WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BONE EROSION
... definite joint space narrowing of the intertarsal joints, diffuse soft tissue swelling that included the digits, diffuse demineralization of bone, marked periosteal thickening, and cystic enlargement ...
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Antibodies to citrullinated proteins and differences in clinical progression of rheumatoid arthritis
... This study shows that the phenotype of RA patients with or without anti-CCP antibodies does not differ at clinical presen- tation. In a large, prospective, early arthritis cohort we observed neither a significant ...
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The effect of glucosamine sulphate on osteoarthritis: design of a long term randomised clinical trial [ISRCTN54513166]
... Progressive joint space narrowing in the narrow- est medial compartment of the tibiofemoral joint was used to define progression of knee OA (as recommended by a task force of the OA research ...
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Risk factors for joint replacement in knee osteoarthritis; a 15 year follow up study
... of joint space narrowing was highly associated with subsequent TKA (adjusted odds ratio (OR) ...comprising joint space narrowing, osteophytes, subchondral sclerosis and cysts ...
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Association of the different types of radiographic damage with physical function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: analysis of the RAPID trials
... Joint destruction includes damage of bone, cartilage and soft tissue, and these different structures can be evaluated separately on radiographs. In the van der Heijde modi fi ca- tion of the Sharp score (SvdH), 7 ...
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CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN SULPHATE IN TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
... like joint pain, joint space narrowing, reduced walking time, swelling ...further joint space narrowing and solve other related problems of this ...
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Osteoarthritis
... entire joint, although the main tissue implicated in osteoarthritis is the ...stiffness, joint instability and joint space narrowing are clinical features associated with the ...
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Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis: assessment of a new scoring method
... of joint space widths using the Z-Score based on CAJSA esti- mates in patients with RA, in particular the MCP JSD of the second and third fingers as a surrogate marker of RA ...develop joint damage ...
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Quantitative Analysis of Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Using Image Quality Phantoms
... In the clinical setting, weight-bearing static 2D radiographic imaging and supine 3D radiographic imaging modalities are used to evaluate radiographic changes such as, joint space narrowing, ...
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