AS/Spondyloarthritis
In a very interesting study at #EULAR2024, researchers demonstrated that personalized, supervised exercise therapy significantly improves physical function and quality of life for individuals with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and severe functional limitations. This finding marks a critical advancement in the treatment of axSpA, particularly for patients with sustained disease activity, severe ankylosis, or significant comorbidities, who have

Dr. John Cush RheumNow
1 year ago
Does Telemonitoring in SpA Work?
Dr. Antoni Chan reports on abstract OP0120 from Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
https://t.co/UUmnsAdx0t https://t.co/NE36OtKBwK


Dr. John Cush RheumNow
1 year ago
Do MRI changes at the Spine and SI Joints in Treatment of AxSpA Matter?
Dr. Eric Ruderman discusses abstracts OP0046 and POS0058 presented at Eular 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
https://t.co/hYy7Wg2GMJ https://t.co/GVjtf89c3t


Dr. John Cush RheumNow
1 year ago
Inflammatory bowel disease in spondyloarthritis - does it matter?
Do the clinical features of axSpA patients with and without IBD differ?
https://t.co/t0wJRXXH0a https://t.co/iZsiP1AgWh

A clinical trial in early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) demonstrated sustained inactive disease status in over 60% of patients. In axSpA patients with less than 1 year of disease symptoms, male sex, abstinence from smoking and lower BASDAI score at baseline were associated with higher chances of remission. Despite stable inactive disease state successfully induced by medication, drug-free remission in axSpA remains challenging.

Peter Nash drpnash
1 year ago
Telespa - telemonitoring in AxSpA « minimal impact on disease control « never examine a patient again , never find any pathology outside of joints, remote SpAologists, no longer physicians - easy to train rheumatology nurses to do our jobs @RheumNow #EULAR2024

Peter Nash drpnash
1 year ago
Telespa - telemonitoring in AxSpA « minimal impact on disease control « never examine a patient again , never find any pathology outside of joints, remote SpAologists, no longer physicians - easy to train rheumatology nurses to do our jobs @RheumNow #EULAR2025

Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
1 year ago
Four phenotypes of chronic back pain suspicious of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in the SPACE cohort. These groups were: They were “axial”, “axSpA with peripheral signs”, “at risk” and “no SpA”. Over a 2 year follow up, Transitions between the four classes over two years were… https://t.co/lF1wtAo46Q https://t.co/BXj1nw0tto


Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
1 year ago
Work ability is impaired in the majority of axSpA patients as measured by the WAI score. 996 patients were included with a mean WAI score of 31.7. Overall, 28%/43% of patients were in poor/moderate work ability, were older, more often obese , had lower education level and… https://t.co/D7oFn31Of5 https://t.co/g79riND9AO


Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
1 year ago
Reassessment of the cut-off values for ASDAS disease activity states in a large, multinational cohort of axSpA patients resulted in cut-offs largely similar to the currently endorsed cut-offs of 1.3, 2.1 and 3.5. Cut-off values between ID and LDA and between LDA and HDA, however,… https://t.co/vECCsmTggW https://t.co/XU7BQBYBdQ
