XU Huajun, CHEN Shifang, ZHANG Huimei, et al. Correlation analysis of articular inflammations and hand dysfunction in active stage of early rheumatoid arthritis. [J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine 22(1):58-60(2020)
XU Huajun, CHEN Shifang, ZHANG Huimei, et al. Correlation analysis of articular inflammations and hand dysfunction in active stage of early rheumatoid arthritis. [J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine 22(1):58-60(2020) DOI: 10.16245/j.cnki.issn1008-6978.2020.01.022.
Correlation analysis of articular inflammations and hand dysfunction in active stage of early rheumatoid arthritis
ObjectiveTo explore the correlation between articular inflammations and hand dysfunction in early rheumatoid arthritis.MethodsThe clinical and ultrasond information of 63 early RA patients with hand dysfunction were analyzed
then the relationships among the signals of functional impairment(SOFI)scores
tenosynovitis and the sum of articular inflammation.Results①The correlation between articular inflammation and SOFI:the articular synovial hyperplasia and synovitis were significantly correlated with SOFI(r
s
=0.46
0.51
P=0.010
0.003)
tenosynovitis and joint effusion were not significantly correlated with SOFI(r
s
=0.29
0.12
P=0.120
0.160)
the total ultrasound articular inflammation scores was significantly correlated with SOFI(r
s
=0.53
P=0.002). ② The correlation between artidcular inflammation and MS-VAS:the articular synovial hyperplasia and synovitis were not significantly correlated with MS-VAS(r
s
=0.28
0.35
P=0.140
0.060)
the tenosynovitis was significantly correlated with MS-VAS(r
s
=0.39
P=0.030)
the joint effusion was not significantly correlated with MS-VAS(r
s
=0.16
P=0.320)
the total ultrasound articular inflammation scores was significantly correlated with MS-VAS(r
s
=0.47
P=0.008).ConclusionThe articular synovitis is correlated with hand dysfunction
and morning stiffness is correlated with tenosynovitis
the combined articular synovitis with tenosynovitis found by ultrasound can reflect the severity of hand dysfunction in early-stage RA patients.