Evaluation of a quantitative scoring of enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 303-306

  Kaya, Arzu ^a,b   Ozgocmen, Salih ^a   Kamanli, Ayhan ^a   Aydogan, Rabia ^a   Yildirim, Arafe ^a   Ardicoglu, Ozge ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Algometric pressure pain threshold; Ankylosing spondylitis; Clinical relevance; Enthesitis; Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score (MASES)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTHESITIS; ENTHESOPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALPATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 37849022189     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31815bfdfb     Document Type: Article

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