2 results match your criteria: "Acute Rheumatology Center Rhineland-Palatinate[Affiliation]"
Increased predictive value of optical spectral transmission in early rheumatoid arthritis through use of patient-adjusted cut-off scores.
Arthritis Res Ther
September 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Acute Rheumatology Center Rhineland-Palatinate, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Str. 9-11, 55543, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
Objectives: The aims of this study were to suggest patient-adjusted optical spectral transmission (OST) cut-off values for the first time and to develop clinical models that predict the probability of an early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis based on OST findings and the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria as a reference standard.
Methods: OST examinations were performed in newly diagnosed RA patients and healthy controls by the HandScan device. Moreover, RA patients underwent a full clinical [tender/swollen joint counts (TJC/SJC), disease activity score-28 (DAS28)] and laboratory evaluation.
Performance of a novel high-resolution infrared thermography marker in detecting and assessing joint inflammation: a comparison with joint ultrasound.
Clin Exp Rheumatol
September 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Acute Rheumatology Center Rhineland-Palatinate, Bad Kreuznach; Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz; and Karl-Aschoff Clinic, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
Objectives: To examine the value of a novel high-resolution thermographic marker in the detection of joint inflammation compared to joint ultrasound (US) and to suggest thermographic cut-off values of joint inflammatory activity.
Methods: Infrared thermographies were performed in patients with inflammatory arthritides and healthy controls. Patients were moreover examined clinically and by joint-US [Power-Doppler-(PDUS), Greyscale-US (GSUS)].