Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are frequently afflicted by pain, which may be caused
by joint inflammation (leading to structural joint damage) or secondary osteoarthritis, and …

Objectives: To compare the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) and its components in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with and without concomitant fibromyalgia (FM), and …

Objectives In some patients with RA, joint pain is more severe than expected based on the
amount of joint swelling [referred to as disproportionate articular pain (DP)]. We assessed …

Background DAS28 is interpreted as the inflammatory disease activity of RA. Non-
inflammatory pain mechanisms can confound assessment. We aimed to examine the use of …

Background: The painDETECT questionnaire (PDQ) is a mechanism-based pain
classification tool assigning patients to one of three categories depending on the quality of …

Niniejsza praca dotyczy oceny częstości stosowania ogólnych kwestionariuszy oceny
jakości życia (QoL–Quality of Life). Analizy dokonano na podstawie artykułów naukowych …

The sometimes intense, persistent and disabling pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) and spondyloarthritis frequently has a multifactorial, simultaneously central and …

To determine the contribution of fibromyalgia (FM) to the subjective components of the
Disease Activity Score 28-joints (DAS28) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an example of human chronic inflammatory pain. Modern
treatments suppress inflammation, yet pain remains a major problem for many people with …

Methods The study enrolled 335 patients with RA and underwent body composition
measurement with an InBody analyzer. The associations of body mass index (BMI), body fat …