BACKGROUND Persistent whiplash associated disorders (WAD) have been associated with alterations in kinesthetic sense and motor control. The evidence is however inconclusive, particularly for differences between WAD patients and patients with chronic non-traumatic neck pain. The aim of this study was to investigate motor control deficits in WAD compared to chronic non-traumatic neck pain and hea...

A 70-year-old woman with a history of medial femoro-tibial compartment of knee osteoarthritis was admitted for acute arthritis six days after a second intra-articular injection of Hyaluronic acid. The joint fluid was inflammatory, with no crystals, and laboratory tests showed marked inflammation leading to antibiotic treatment for suspected septic arthritis. The persistent symptoms and negative...

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign tumor that it is not generally seen in the foot and even less frequently in the phalanx (2-4%). The diagnosis when its location is intra-articular is a challenge and often delayed because the symptoms mimic a real arthritis. We report a clinical case involving a 16-year-old male patient who complained of persistent pain of the interphalangeal joint (IPJ) of the ...

INTRODUCTION The posterior portion of the knee joint, which includes the tibial attachment of the posterior cruciate ligament and the posterior horn of the menisci, has been called a "blind spot" because it is difficult to observe this area under arthroscopy through standard anterior portals. Posteromedial, posterolateral, and posterior transseptal portals have been developed for visualization ...

Injury to the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) is well recognised in association with fractures of the distal radius and ulna. Damage to the articular disc or, more correctly, the triangular fibrocartilage complex of the joint, occurring at the time of injury, is now well recognised as a major cause of persistent symptoms following Colles' fracture.' Isolated injury to the distal radioulnar artic...

A man aged twenty-two years was admitted to the Minia Public Hospital with chronic arthritis of the left knee. Synovectomy was carried out through a parapatellar incision. At operation the synovial membrane was hypertrophied and inflamed, with creeping pannus at the periphery of the articular cartilage. The membrane was removed and the patella, which showed multiple erosions, was excised. After...

background:  conventional treatments after complicated injuries of the distal radioulnar joint (druj) such as darrach and kapandji-sauvé procedures have many drawbacks, which may eventually lead to a painful unstable distal ulna.  the development of druj prosthesis has significantly evolved over the past years. in this study, we assessed the outcome results of patients after druj implant arthro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of adalimumab (ADA) dose-halving on therapeutic responses and drug levels, the differences in drug levels among patients with different therapeutic responses and the optimal baseline cut-off ADA levels for predicting persistent remission or low disease activity (LDA) at week 24 of dose-halving therapy in 64 RA patients who had already achieved LDA or remission a...

The recognition of the primacy of enthesitis in animal models of spondyloarthritis and the prevalence of clinically occult enthesopathy in psoriatic subjects and of persistent joint pain in PsA subjects who have ostensibly good reduction of joint swelling under biological therapy has highlighted the potential impact of polyenthesitis in psoriatic disease. In daily practice, the formal demonstra...