Publications by authors named "Maria-Antoinetta D'Agostino"
The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA)-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Core Set working group is focused on the development of a core set of instruments used to assess the domains described in the 2016 PsA Core Domain Set. At the 2021 annual meeting, the group presented an update on the domain of structural damage. In this report, we discuss the steps taken to assess the domain match and feasibility of plain radiographic instruments in the assessment of structural damage in PsA.
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- The study aimed to assess the prevalence and clinical links of synovitis in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) who have musculoskeletal symptoms.
- It involved 112 patients, with 88 having symptomatic MSK issues and 24 being asymptomatic controls, and used ultrasound imaging to detect inflammation.
- Results showed that a significant number of symptomatic patients had inflammation detectable only through ultrasound, suggesting that current clinical assessments based on visible joint swelling may not accurately reflect the true inflammatory status in these patients.