Relationship between Sleep, Pain and Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Prevalence of sleep disturbance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2023
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2. Sleep Measurement in Osteoarthritis and Inflammatory Arthritis: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol.Musculoskeletal care · 2025
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3. Pain Sensitization as a Potential Mediator of the Relationship Between Sleep Disturbance and Subsequent Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2023
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4. Association of lifestyle and disease characteristics with self-rated wellness/health score in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.BMC rheumatology · 2021
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5. Subjective sleep disturbances at the time of diagnosis in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and in patients with seronegative elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis. A pilot study.Reumatologia · 2020
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6. The Effects of Melatonin on the Descending Pain Inhibitory System and Neural Plasticity Markers in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019
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7. Sleep impairment: an obstacle to achieve optimal quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology international · 2018
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8. Mechanisms for Joint Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): from Cytokines to Central Sensitization.Current osteoporosis reports · 2018
   Review
9. Sleep quality and covariates as predictors of pain intensity among the general population in rural China.Journal of pain research · 2018
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10. Perception vs pain and beliefs about pain control and Type A behavior pattern in patients with chronic ischemia of lower extremities or with rheumatoid arthritis.Journal of pain research · 2018
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Authors and funding

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