Clin Rheumatol DOI 10.1007/s10067-015-2964-4
BRIEF REPORT
Is articular pain in rheumatoid arthritis correlated with ultrasound power Doppler findings? Daniele Freitas Pereira 1 & Marwin Gutierrez 2 & Ana Leticia Pirozzi de Buosi 1 & Fernando Bernardes Maia Diniz Ferreira 3 & Antonella Draghessi 2 & Walter Grassi 2 & Jamil Natour 1 & Rita Nely Vilar Furtado 1
Received: 30 January 2015 / Revised: 12 April 2015 / Accepted: 28 April 2015 # International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2015
Abstract Objective The study is addressed to determine if there is a correlation between intra-articular power Doppler (PD) and pain symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A cross-sectional study of patients with established RAwas rolled out. Seventy-two patients with chronic swelling at metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints were consecutively enrolled in the study and divided into two groups (painful and painless). In the painful group, the inclusion criteria were pain in the visual analog scale (VAS), from 0 to 10 cm, of at least 4 cm and 0 in the painless group. All two to five MCP joints, bilaterally, were scanned by ultrasound (US) searching for intra-articular PD presence. Any value of p
BRIEF REPORT
Is articular pain in rheumatoid arthritis correlated with ultrasound power Doppler findings? Daniele Freitas Pereira 1 & Marwin Gutierrez 2 & Ana Leticia Pirozzi de Buosi 1 & Fernando Bernardes Maia Diniz Ferreira 3 & Antonella Draghessi 2 & Walter Grassi 2 & Jamil Natour 1 & Rita Nely Vilar Furtado 1
Received: 30 January 2015 / Revised: 12 April 2015 / Accepted: 28 April 2015 # International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) 2015
Abstract Objective The study is addressed to determine if there is a correlation between intra-articular power Doppler (PD) and pain symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A cross-sectional study of patients with established RAwas rolled out. Seventy-two patients with chronic swelling at metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints were consecutively enrolled in the study and divided into two groups (painful and painless). In the painful group, the inclusion criteria were pain in the visual analog scale (VAS), from 0 to 10 cm, of at least 4 cm and 0 in the painless group. All two to five MCP joints, bilaterally, were scanned by ultrasound (US) searching for intra-articular PD presence. Any value of p
