Lower hand grip in rheumatoid arthritis patients is associated with low finite element analysis using high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography scan of the 2nd metacarpophalangeal joint.
Camille Pinto FigueiredoMariana Ortega PerezLucas Peixoto SalesDiogo Souza DomicianoMarília M Sampaio-BarrosValeria de Falco CaparboRosa Maria Rodrigues PereiraPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2022)
Lower values of hand grip test were associated with higher disease activity score-SDAI and lower bone strength of 2nd metacarpal bone head of the dominant hand evaluated here through a FE analysis using HR-pQCT scan.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- disease activity
- computed tomography
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high resolution
- ankylosing spondylitis
- finite element analysis
- bone mineral density
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- soft tissue
- bone regeneration
- image quality
- tandem mass spectrometry