Relationship between structural damage with loss of strength and functional disability in psoriatic arthritis patients

In patients with PsA involving the hands, structural alterations of the dominant hand assessed by conventional x-ray and ultrasound are associated with loss of strength measured objectively with dynamometry and greater disability also studied subjectively using the HAQ.

Source: Clinical Biomechanics - June 10, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Carlos Manuel Feced Olmos, Oscar Alvarez-Calderon, David Herv ás Marín, José Ivorra Cortés, Conrad Pujol Marco, José Andrés Román Ivorra Source Type: research