2 results match your criteria: "and German Center for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology[Affiliation]"

Objectives: Postural control (PC) is fundamental for human movements. Different factors, such as injuries or diseases, can adversely affect PC. The purpose of this study was to evaluate PC in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients with different disease activity levels in comparison to healthy peers.

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Long-term outcome of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha blockade in the treatment of juvenile spondyloarthritis.

Clin Exp Rheumatol

August 2014

Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada, and German Center for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Objectives: A significant proportion of patients with juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA) are refractory to treatment with established medications. The objective of this study was to assess long-term efficacy of treatment with anti-TNF agents in patients with JSpA.

Methods: An observational study of 16 patients with JSpA from 3 centres treated with infliximab (n=10) and etanercept (n=6) was performed, with a median follow-up period of 7.

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