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Observational studyRheumatology international2022

Evaluation of the early cervical structural change in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthropathy.

Melike Cengiz, Şebnem Ataman, İsmihan Sunar, Ayşe Peyman Yalçın, Gürkan Yılmaz, Atilla Halil Elhan

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Observational study in Rheumatology international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Melike CengizDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Akdagmadeni State Hospital, Akdağmadeni, Yozgat, Turkey. melike-cengiz@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0450-5316
Şebnem AtamanDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Rheumatology Science), Ankara University School of Medicine, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3570-3825
İsmihan SunarDepartment of Rheumatology, Aydın State Hospital, Aydın, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4435-5677
Ayşe Peyman YalçınDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Rheumatology Science), Ankara University School of Medicine, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
Gürkan YılmazDepartment of Rheumatology, Kütahya Health Sciences University Evliya Çelebi Education and Research Hospital, Kütahya, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-5472-2530
Atilla Halil ElhanDepartment of Biostatistics, Ankara University School of Medicine, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3324-248X
Ankara University · TRAkdeniz University Hospital · TRIstanbul Aydın University · TRSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this double-blind, controlled, cross-sectional study, we compared structural changes in the cervical vertebrae of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthropathy (nr-axSpA), patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and a control group. We used the modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) to determine whether the involvement of the cervical spine occurs earlier and is more severe than that of the lumbar spine in axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA). A statistically significant difference was found in the total mSASSS between the AS and nr-axSpA groups (p = 0.038), but not in the cervical and lumbar mSASSS. Although the duration of the symptoms was shorter in the nr-axSpA group than in the AS group, no statistically significant difference was found in the cervical mSASSS between the AS and nr-axSpA groups. In both the AS and nr-axSpA groups, the cervical mSASSS values were found to be higher than the lumbar mSASSS values for the majority of the patients (82.8 and 89.5%, respectively). This may indicate that structural changes in the cervical spine occur during an early period of axSpA.

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AdultCase-Control StudiesCervical VertebraeCross-Sectional StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraeMaleMiddle AgedNon-Radiographic Axial SpondyloarthritisRadiographySeverity of Illness IndexCervical vertebraeRadiographySpondyloarthropathies

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PMID33675418
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