scholarly journals SAT0658 Quantitative analysis of joint structure by hr-pqct in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: correlation between cartilage loss and bone deterioration

Author(s):  
K. Chiba ◽  
N. Iwamoto ◽  
N. Oki ◽  
K. Watanabe ◽  
M. Osaki ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1075-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryosuke Yoshioka ◽  
Yasuhiro Kita ◽  
Asako Nagahira ◽  
Atsushi Manno ◽  
Naoyuki Makita ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Shuichi Sasaki

Orthoses are devices that are applied externally to help in the rehabilitation of specific bones or joints. Dr Shuichi Sasaki, Department of Rehabilitation, Kitasato University Hospital, Japan, and his team is working to develop a new orthosis for repatriating thumb arthropathies called the Kitasato thumb splint. It is designed to improve usability of the thumb joint, especially in cases of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthropathy, by taking into consideration the thumb CMC joint structure. It exerts force at the base of the CMC joint to move the thumb into the correct joint alignment, improving symptoms for patients. With the Kitasato thumb splint, Sasaki and the team are also eager to provide patients with an alternative to surgery as they believe that the use of more conservative measures with orthoses can prove effective and also prevent costly surgery. The Kitasato thumb splint is made of a low-temperature thermoplastic knit material and can be assembled in as little as 10 minutes, quickly and conveniently providing patients with additional support during painful daily tasks. In his work, Sasaki and the team are looking at orthoses used to treat thumb CMC osteoarthritis and analysing the pressure on CMC joints using quantitative analysis. So far, the Kitasato thumb splint has been found to help in pain reduction and improvements in the activities of daily living in patients with mild cases (Eaton Classifications I to II) of thumb CMC joints and to also provide some improvement in severe cases (Eaton Classifications III-IV).


2010 ◽  
Vol 87 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Röhner ◽  
J. Detert ◽  
P. Kolar ◽  
A. Hocke ◽  
P. N’Guessan ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (1077) ◽  
pp. 20170167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motoshi Fujimori ◽  
Satoko Nakamura ◽  
Kiminori Hasegawa ◽  
Kunihiro Ikeno ◽  
Shota Ichikawa ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Juliana Barcellos de Souza

Neste artigo de revisão narrativa atualizam-se alguns conceitos de dor articular. A prevalência da dor articular aumenta com o avanço da idade, assim como os custos no tratamento das limitações e incapacidades. Compreender as diferenças entre dor aguda e dor crônica permite melhor abordagem das dores articulares, onde a primeira representa um sinal de alerta e a segunda é considerada uma patologia em si. As causas da cronificação da dor ainda são incertas, porém, alguns modelos são propostos e discutidos, como a sensibilização central por excesso de informação nociceptiva, seja esta de origem inflamatória, traumática ou outra. Em dores crônicas inflamatórias - como nas Artrites reumatoides – destaca-se a importância de iniciar o tratamento precoce de forma agressiva para inibir o processo inflamatório e as deformidades estruturais. Osteoartrites, embora sejam predominantemente descritas por suas alterações degenerativas nas articulações, têm atualmente reconhecida sua fase inflamatória inicial. A dor articular tende a ser abordada predominantemente sob o ponto de vista biomecânico e inflamatório, contudo, a ausência da abordagem do componente neuropática da dor crônica, nas fases iniciais, é uma das causas de elevados custos e de grandes deformidades articulares.  Finalmente aborda-se a importância do movimento e da educação do paciente com dor articular com base no modelo biopsicossocial de saúde e dor.Palavras-chave: Dor articular; Artrite reumatoide; Osteoartrite; Dor inflamatória e neuropáticaABSTRACTThis article is a joint pain update. Prevalence rates, incapacity, and social and economic burden of joint pain increase with the advancing age. Understanding differences about acute and chronic pain could improve therapeutic approaches. Negligence early treatment of acute joint pain can increase costs of treatment and joint deformities. Rheumatoid arthritis guidelines propose an aggressive initial approach of treatment with the aim to protect joint structure from inflammation and deformity. In addition to inflammatory joint pain, the neuropathic pain was also explained; central sensitization and neuropathic pain associated to joint pain. Finally, the importance of motion and education of patients with chronic pain were addressed following the pain and health biopsychosocial model. Keywords: Joint pain; Rheumatoid arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Inflammatory and neuropathic pain


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 1759720X1985851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Railson de Oliveira Ferreira ◽  
Raíra de Brito Silva ◽  
Marcela Baraúna Magno ◽  
Anna Paula Costa Ponte Sousa Carvalho Almeida ◽  
Nathália Carolina Fernandes Fagundes ◽  
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Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease of dental supporting tissues (gingiva, periodontal ligament, and bone) and it has been suggested as a possible etiology for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this systematic review, we aim to verify if periodontitis represents a risk factor for RA. Electronic databases were consulted until March 2018 considering eligibility criteria focusing on: (P, participants) adults; (E, exposure) with periodontitis; (C, comparison) without periodontitis; and (O, outcome) development of RA. Quality assessment of studies and risk-of-bias evaluation were also performed. To undertake a quantitative analysis, the number of persons with RA and a total number of participants for the case group (with periodontitis) and control group (without periodontitis) were used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). A total of 3888 articles were identified, and nine studies were considered eligible. Seven of 9 articles suggested an association among diseases by the common pro-inflammatory profiles. The pooled analysis of 3 articles showed a higher RA prevalence for persons with periodontitis ( n = 1177) than controls ( n = 254) (OR 1.97; CI 1.68–2.31; p < 0.00001). However, considerable heterogeneity among studies was verified (I2 = 96%, p < 0.00001). Periodontitis may represent a risk factor for RA by heredity, bacterial infection, and the pro-inflammatory profile shared between both diseases. Although most of the elective studies report an association between periodontitis and RA, the quantitative analysis showed a high heterogeneity, leading to the need for further studies.


2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 864.2-864
Author(s):  
A. Friedberger ◽  
O. Museyko ◽  
C. Figueiredo ◽  
T. Bäuerle ◽  
O. Chaudry ◽  
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