Observational studyClinical rheumatology2015
Correlation between clinical and MRI disease activity scores in axial spondyloarthritis.
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- The correlations between C-reactive protein and MRI-detected inflammation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rheumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Can radiomics replace the SPARCC scoring system in evaluating bone marrow edema of sacroiliac joints in patients with axial spondyloarthritis?Clinical rheumatology · 2023Trial
- Decoding pain in axial spondyloarthritis: Mechanisms, management, and future directions.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026Review
- Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Disease Activity in Axial Spondyloarthritis Regardless of C-Reactive Protein Status.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- The role of magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring patients with axial spondyloarthritis.Reumatologia · 2025Article
- Sacroiliac and spine imaging in spondyloarthritis: Does phenotype or sex matter?Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2024Article
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- Effective diagnosis of sacroiliitis in children: evaluating magnetic resonance imaging with the Canadian scoring system.Clinical rheumatology · 2024Article
- Correlation between clinical disease activity and sacroiliac magnetic resonance imaging detection in axial spondyloarthropathy.Archives of rheumatology · 2024Article
- Effect of Biologics in Subgroups of Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and C-Reactive Protein: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.ACR open rheumatology · 2023Article
- [EJNMMI research · 2023Article
- Evaluation of active inflammation, chronic structural damage, and response to treatment of sacroiliitis in axial spondyloarthritis using the Spondyloarthritis research consortium of Canada scoring system.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of High Intensity Interval Training on Axial Psoriatic Arthritis Based on MR Images.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Baseline Severity of Sacroiliitis and Extensive Fat Metaplasia Predicts the Progression of Backfill at the Sacroiliac Joint in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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- Taiwan Rheumatology Association consensus recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2020Review
- Performance ofArthritis research & therapy · 2019Article
- ASDAS is associated with both the extent and intensity of DW-MRI spinal inflammation in active axial spondyloarthritis.RMD open · 2019Article
- The Role of Imaging in Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-based disease activity scores (DAS) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) are rarely employed in the normal clinical setting, whereas clinical DAS are used routinely to monitor disease activity and set thresholds for biologic treatment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the correlation between MR and clinical DAS in a general axSpA outpatient population and to assess the difference in MR DAS in individuals with high and low clinical DAS. This was a prospective, cross-sectional observational study. Forty participants with axSpA who presented for MR of the whole spine and sacroiliac joints as part of ongoing management were included. Completion of Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) was performed at the time of MR examination. MR images were scored by two independent observers using the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) MR DAS. There were weak, non-significant correlations between total SPARCC score and BASDAI (r = 0.18, p = 0.26), ASDAS using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ASDAS-ESR) (r = 0.31, p = 0.07) and ASDAS using C-reactive protein level (ASDAS-CRP) (r = 0.31, p = 0.05). There was no significant difference in the SPARCC score of participants with high and low clinical DAS. MR DAS may provide information about disease activity not provided by the current standard of clinical DAS and may be considered as a useful adjunct in clinical practice.
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