Assessing the construct validity of clinical tests to identify sacroiliac joint inflammation in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.

Marcelo Peduzzi de Castro Simon M Stebbings Stephan Milosavljevic Susanne Juhl Pedersen Melanie Dawn Bussey

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2019)

Sacroiliac joint pain provocation tests correlate modestly with inflammation. The Patrick's Faber test showed the greater LR to identify SIJ inflammation in patients with nrAxSpA. SIJ pain provocation tests may offer a simple and cost-effective way of identifying patients with nrAxSpA who are most likely to have MRI evidence of inflammation.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
chronic pain
pain management
magnetic resonance imaging
neuropathic pain
rheumatoid arthritis
ankylosing spondylitis
spinal cord injury
systemic lupus erythematosus
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