Ultrasound Changes in the Enthesis and Peri-enthesis Area of the Patellar and Achilles Tendons in Response to Physical Exercise: Comparison Between Healthy Subjects and Patients with Spondyloarthritis in Clinical Remission.

Rationale And Objectives: The goal of achieving clinical remission in patients with spondyloarthritis does not necessarily include the resolution of entheseal inflammation from a histological perspective. However, enthesis not clinically inflamed, under mechanical stress, may behave differently from healthy subjects considering the physiopathology of SpA. Our goal was to determine whether ultrasound changes in entheses differ between SpA patients in clinical remission and healthy subjects.

Ultrasound changes following controlled mechanical stress in synovial tissue in the hands of healthy individuals.

Objective: The physiological response of the synovium to acute mechanical stress has not been extensively studied. This response is interesting in terms of the morphological changes it can cause as any such changes should be taken into account during ultrasound examinations. The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of changes in ultrasound images of the synovial joint in the hands of healthy individuals after controlled mechanical stress.

Determinants of therapeutic success of corticoids injections in trigger finger syndrome.

Background And Objective: Trigger finger is a frequent complaint in which corticosteroid infiltrations play a relevant therapeutic role in intermediate degrees of severity when conservative treatment has not worked. However, there are no criteria to select which patients will benefit most from this procedure. The present study aimed to identify the factors leading to the therapeutic success of corticosteroid infiltration in these patients.

Delay and diagnostic pathway of patients with psoriatic arthritis in Spain.

Introduction And Objectives: Delayed diagnosis results in a worse prognosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Our objective is to determine the diagnostic delay, the specialties consulted and the referral points of patients with psoriatic arthritis in our environment.

Patients And Methods: We distributed a survey to members of the Spanish association Acción Psoriasis inquiring about the objectives of the study.

[COVID-19: modification of the risk of infection and disease development associated with the performance of blended work.].

Objective: The health crisis caused by COVID-19 has had an economic impact at all levels and the labor market has been shaken by the pandemic. Companies have had to adapt to new work models and have had to decide between face-to-face, teleworking, or mixed models without conclusive scientific evidence on the impact on transmission. To determine the change in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the development of disease associated with the performance of blended work with respect to remote work and the general population in a non-healthcare company while respecting the measures of social distancing, use of masks and hand hygiene.

Relationship between anthropometric variables and the cross-sectional area of the median nerve by ultrasound assessment in healthy subjects.

Objective: Ultrasound study of the wrist in patients with suspected entrapment syndrome has severe limitations due to the variability of what is considered normal for the cross-sectional area of the median nerve and where to proceed to measure it. We aim to determine the extent to which different anthropometric variables influence the median nerve area in subjects without carpal tunnel syndrome.

Methods: We conducted an observational study based on a multivariate linear regression analysis using as a dependent variable the area of the median nerve cut at two specific points in the wrist of healthy subjects.

Delay and Diagnostic Pathway of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in Spain.

Introduction And Objectives: Delayed diagnosis results in a worse prognosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Our objective is to determine the diagnostic delay, the specialties consulted and the referral points of patients with psoriatic arthritis in our environment.

Patients And Methods: We distributed a survey to members of the Spanish association Acción Psoriasis inquiring about the objectives of the study.

Specialized rheumatology clinic in an emergency department: A year of the rheumatology and musculoskeletal emergencies clinic (RMSEC) experience.

Background: In October 2013, the emergency department of our hospital started up a rheumatology and musculoskeletal emergencies clinic (RMSEC) with the participation of three specialists in Rheumatology. The purpose of this study was to describe the experience gained in the first year since the beginning of our activity.

Method: A descriptive study of healthcare activity of the RMSEC throughout its first year of operation was performed.

[Application of a cooperative learning approach for training residents in the emergency department and comparison with a traditional approach].

Objectives: To analyze the benefits of using a cooperative learning (CL) model to teach hospital residents doing rotations in the emergency department and to compare the CL approach to traditional training.

Material And Methods: Two training sessions on the same content were given by 2 expert instructors. A traditional method of instruction was used in one of the sessions and the CL model was used in the other.

[Assessment of resident physicians' performance in a university hospital's emergency department].

Objectives: To describe an experience with the evaluation of resident physicians doing rotations in a tertiary-care hospital emergency department and to analyze the correlation between results on the various assessment tools and the resident's rank on Spain's standardized selection examination for admission to residency programs.

Material And Methods: The residents took 2 written examinations in 2013 and 2014, and rotation supervisors wrote subjective evaluations of the residents' clinical performance in the workplace. The residents also provided self-assessments of theoretical and practical knowledge and their aptitude for emergency department work.

Refractory pseudoseptic arthritis in Behçet's disease successfully treated with infliximab: a case report and literature review.

Arthritis associated with Behçet's disease is typically nonerosive and nondeforming, and most patients respond to colchicine treatment. However, destructive arthritis and refractory arthritis have also been reported on occasion. Elevated white blood cell counts may occur in synovial fluid in BD, but pseudoseptic arthritis is a very rare event in this disease.