ReviewInternational journal of rheumatology2015
Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Cervical Spine: A Review on the Role of Surgery.
Review in International journal of rheumatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04948775 (Effect of Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Cervical Proprioception, Functional Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Cervical Proprioception, Functional Status and Quality of Life in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Exercise, Rehabilitation, Diet, and Additional Integrative Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Guideline
- Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Receptor Antagonist Protects Against Rheumatoid Arthritis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016Trial
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- Posterior thoracic discectomy and interbody fusion for the correction of severe hyperkyphotic deformity: technical note and case report.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2026Article
- Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Cervical Spine: An Updated Review of Epidemiology, Imaging, and Surgical Indications.Spine surgery and related research · 2026Review
- Modified high-entry C1 screw placement for bilateral persistent first intersegmental artery in atlantoaxial instability: a case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- A comprehensive analysis of traumatic atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial dislocations: A case series from a level one trauma center.Trauma case reports · 2025Article
- Long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Subaxial Subluxation (SAS) and Cervical Deformity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Selected Sagittal Balance Parameters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Risk factors affecting the vital prognosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after primary cervical spine surgery: a retrospective study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Atlantoaxial Joint Steroid Injections in Managing Cervicogenic Headache: A Case Series.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
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- Surgical treatment and clinical outcome in non-inflammatory atlantoaxial degeneration and retro-odontoid pseudotumor.Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Deep learning-based prediction of rheumatoid arthritis-associated deformity on MRI.Brain & spine · 2025Article
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- The Effects ofLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Atlantoaxial Instability in the Course of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Selected Parameters of Sagittal Balance.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence and location of inflammatory and structural lesions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis with chronic neck pain evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging.Arthritis research & therapy · 2024Article
- Atlantoaxial Subluxation as the Initial Presentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Single-level cervical disc replacement (CDR) versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF): A Nationwide matched analysis of complications, 30- and 90-day readmission rates, and cost.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Article
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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting a significant percentage of the population. The cervical spine is often affected in this disease and can present in the form of atlantoaxial instability (AAI), cranial settling (CS), or subaxial subluxation (SAS). Patients may present with symptoms and disability secondary to these entities but may also be neurologically intact. Cervical spine involvement in RA can pose a challenge to the clinician and the appropriate role of surgical intervention is controversial. The aim of this paper is to describe the pathology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis in the cervical spine in order to provide a better understanding of the indications and options for surgery. Both the medical and surgical treatment options for RA have improved, so has the prognosis of the cervical spine disease. With the advent of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), fewer patients are presenting with cervical spine manifestations of RA; however, those that do, now have improved surgical techniques available to them. We hope that, by reading this paper, the clinician is able to better evaluate patients with RA in the cervical spine and determine in which patients surgery is indicated.
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