Effects of malalignment and disease activity on osteophyte formation in knees of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Noriaki OkumuraTaku KawasakiMitsuhiko KuboTakafumi YayamaTomohiro MimuraKosuke KumagaiTsutomu MaedaShinji Imai

Published in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2020)

Our results suggest that alignment and disease activity influence osteophyte formation in RA patients, with secondary OA a more prominent symptom in RA patients with controlled inflammation.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis patients
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
oxidative stress
interstitial lung disease
patient reported
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis