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Factors associated with sarcopenia in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the IORRA cohort study
Clin Rheumatol. 2023 Sep 21. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06779-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with sarcopenia in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We analyzed a cross-section of patients with RA participating in the Institute of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis cohort survey in 2021. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires, including a 5-item sarcopenia screening index (SARC-F). Patients with a SARC-F score of 4 or higher were categorized as having sarcopenia. Among 2416 Japanese patients with RA (2113 women and 303 men; mean age 63.9 ye...
Source: Pain Physician - September 21, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Masanori Nakayama Takefumi Furuya Eisuke Inoue Eiichi Tanaka Katsunori Ikari Hisashi Yamanaka Masayoshi Harigai Source Type: research
Enthesitis in Spondyloarthritis Including Psoriatic Arthritis-To Inject or Not To Inject?: A Narrative Review
Clin Ther. 2023 Sep 14:S0149-2918(23)00303-X. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2023.08.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Enthesitis is a key manifestation of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) and is considered to be the tissue where the disease initiates. Enthesitis leads to pain and substantial limitations in patients with PsA. Treatment is key in achieving remission or minimal disease activity. Whether it is safe to apply injections to entheseal tissue is unknown. This narrative review aimed to summarize the literature on the efficacy and tolerability of entheseal corticosteroid (CS) injections.METH...
Source: Clinical Therapeutics - September 16, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Ozun Bayindir Tsechelidis Ricardo Sabido-Sauri Sibel Zehra Aydin Source Type: research
Joint and Soft Tissue Injections
Am Fam Physician. 2023 Aug;108(2):151-158.ABSTRACTJoint and soft tissue injections can be divided into two primary categories: diagnostic and therapeutic. Diagnostic injections facilitate a diagnosis by using a local anesthetic to identify the site of pain or through fluid aspiration for analysis. Therapeutic injections are categorized by the type of injectate and include corticosteroids, hyaluronic acid, dextrose prolotherapy, and platelet-rich plasma. Diagnostic and therapeutic injections are most accurate under direct visualization. Corticosteroid injections help treat adhesive capsulitis and tenosynovitis but are not r...
Source: American Family Physician - August 17, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Julie A Creech-Organ Sarah E Szybist Jacqueline L Yurgil Source Type: research
