Comparison of electrical activity and ultrasonographic dimension of the cervical spine muscles in patients with cervical lateral spinal stenosis and asymptomatic controls.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the electrical activity and ultrasonographic dimensions of cervical muscles in patients with cervical lateral spinal stenosis (CLSS) and asymptomatic controls.

Method: In this case-control study, 25 patients with CLSS and 25 controls without neck pain, who participated voluntarily. Longuscoli (LC), sternocleidomastoid (SCM), cervical multifidus (MF) and splenius capitis (SC) muscles dimensions were measured by ultrasonography.

Standardizing health outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease modifying drug therapy: A rapid review of patient-decision aids and preference studies to inform the development of OMERACT Health Outcome Descriptors.

Background: Interest in standardizing descriptions of health outcomes is increasing. In a Health Outcome Descriptor (HOD), outcomes are systematically described covering four domains: Symptoms, Time horizon, Testing and Treatment, and Consequences. Given the lack of HODs for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), the aim of this study was to review published RA outcome descriptions and map them to the HOD framework.

Patient preferences for drug therapy in inflammatory arthritis: protocol for a living systematic review and evidence map to inform clinical practice guidelines.

Introduction: The pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis often requires choices that involve trade-offs between benefits, risks and other attributes such as administration route, frequency and cost. This living systematic review aims to inform international clinical guidelines on inflammatory arthritis by creating an evidence map of patient preference studies concerning the trade-offs in pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis.

Methods And Analysis: We will include published and peer-reviewed full-text studies in any language that quantitatively assess preferences of patients for the pharmacological management of inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis).

Investigating cervical flexion-relaxation ratio in subjects with cervical lateral spinal stenosis compared with asymptomatic controls: A case control study.

Introduction: The cervical flexion-relaxation ratio (FRR) is known as a quantitative measure of the ability of the cervical extensor muscles to relax during the full flexion of the cervical spine. Compared with subjects suffering from non-specific neck pain, the changes occurring in the pattern of the neck muscles' functions in cases with cervical spinal stenosis are not yet well understood. Therefore, this study aimed to compare cervical FRR in subjects with cervical lateral spinal stenosis and asymptomatic controls.