Publications by authors named "Yousra Hisham Abdel-Fattah"
Objective: To assess the relation between microbiome and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), in the blood and synovial fluid (SF) with femoral cartilage thickness (FCT) measured by ultrasound (US) in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included 40 primary KOA patients recruited between September 2022 and June 2023. Age, gender, and body mass index (BMI) were recorded.
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- * Results showed that LSR patients had significantly higher serum BDNF levels compared to healthy individuals, particularly those experiencing neuropathic pain.
- * While increased serum BDNF correlated with acute pain severity, it did not correlate with chronic pain severity or overall functional disability in the patients.
Background: To assess the diagnostic performance of clinical examination and ultrasound (US) assessment of knee effusion in primary knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients. Furthermore, the success rate for effusion aspiration and the factors related to it were investigated.
Methods: This cross-sectional study included patients diagnosed with primary KOA-induced knee effusion clinically or sonographically.
Objectives: To assess periarticular bone changes in psoriasis patients with or without joint involvement and its effect on patients' quality of life (QoL).
Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 50 patients with psoriasis (25 only with skin psoriasis (PsO) and 25 with psoriatic arthritis (PsA)), as well as 25 healthy controls. All participants were analyzed by high-resolution computed tomography (HR-CT) scans of the dominant hand (second and third metacarpophalangeal joints) for detection of new bone formation (enthesophytes) and erosions.
Objective: To assess the frequency of fibromyalgia (FM) in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and its impact on disease activity indices, fatigue and health-related quality of life (QOL).
Methods: This cross-sectional study randomly recruited patients with PsA attending an outpatient clinic between June 2017 and December 2018. Disease activity, functional ability, fatigue, and QOL were assessed for all patients.
Aim: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of combined pregabalin (PGB) and milnacipran (MLN) in female patients with fibromyalgia (FM) versus PGB as a monotherapy.
Methods: The present randomized open study included 58 female patients diagnosed with FM (registered on 4/2/19: NCT03905486). Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups (2:2); group 1 included 29 patients who received PGB monotherapy (150 mg twice daily) and group 2 included 29 patients who received combined PGB (150 mg twice daily) and MLN (50 mg twice daily) for 3 months.