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Objective: The Hand Test System (HTS) is an engineered-sensorized glove that has been originally developed in the neuroscientific field for the evaluation of hand fingers' speed movement. This pilot-study aimed to evaluate the reproducibility of HTS analysis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), correlating glove-derived parameters with clinical...

Background and aim: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that is common in elderly people. Its classification in the spectrum of autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases is difficult because of its only partially understood immune-mediated mechanisms. The literature concerning the innate and adaptive immune system...

The engineered Hand Test System (HTS) glove has shown high reliability in assessing the baseline functional status of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) hand. Starting from this achievement, the aim of the present observational prospective study was to assess the functionality of the single fingers of rheumatoid hand at follow-up. Eighty RA patients...

Objectives: [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can detect the presence of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), giant cell arteritis (GCA) and fever of unknown origin (FUO). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether statins could reduce...

Objectives To inform an international task force about current evidence on Treat to Target (T2T) strategies in PMR and GCA.Methods A systematic literature research (SLR) was conducted in Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, clinicaltrials.gov from their inception date to May 2022, and in the EULAR/ACR abstract database (2019-2021). Randomised...

Objectives: Studies on the seasonality of onset of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) have shown conflicting results. The aim of this systematic literature review and meta-analysis is to determine from aggregated data whether there is a seasonal distribution for these diseases. Methods: A literature search was performed...