A comparison of clinical examination and ultrasound enthesitis indices in patients with psoriatic arthritis, adjusted for concomitant fibromyalgia

Autor: Mark Sapsford, Jobie Evans, Gavin Clunie, Deepak Jadon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, Vol 13 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1759-7218
1759720X
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X211003812
Popis: Objectives: To: (a) determine the extent of ultrasound (US)-detected peripheral enthesitis in a cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA); (b) compare this with three clinical examination (CE) enthesitis indices; and (c) determine the effect of concurrent fibromyalgia on the evaluation of enthesitis. Methods: A prospective single-centre cross-sectional study of consecutive outpatients with established PsA undergoing clinical examination for enthesitis and US examination for inflammatory and structural lesions of enthesitis. Multivariable analyses tested for association between US scores, CE enthesitis indices and influence of concurrent fibromyalgia. Results: A total of 106 patients were assessed. Of these, 91/106 (85.8%) had CE enthesitis and 105/106 (99.1%) had ⩾1 US feature of enthesitis. There was a moderate correlation between US entheseal inflammation and both the Leeds Enthesitis Index (LEI) (Spearman rank, r = 0.36) and Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Enthesitis Index (SPARCC) ( r = 0.44). US entheseal damage did not correlate with CE enthesitis indices. Twenty-eight (26.4%) patients were classified as having concurrent fibromyalgia, in whom multivariable regression analyses demonstrated no correlation between US scores and CE enthesitis indices. PsA patients without fibromyalgia demonstrated a statistically significant association between both LEI ( r = 0.48, p
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