Do rheumatoid arthritis patients have low back pain or radiological lumbar lesions more frequently than the healthy population? –Cross-sectional analysis in a cohort study with age and sex-matched healthy volunteers

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect the spine; however, the epidemiology of lumbar lesions and/or low back pain (LBP) in RA patients has not been well-studied.

Source: The Spine Journal - July 1, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Akinobu Suzuki, Koji Tamai, Shinji Takahashi, Kentaro Yamada, Kentaro Inui, Masahiro Tada, Tadashi Okano, Yuko Sugioka, Tatsuya Koike, Hiroaki Nakamura Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research