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    Metatarsophalangeal joint pain in psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional study

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    2013-12-24
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    Turner, D. E.
    Hyslop, E.
    Barn, R.
    McInnes, I. B.
    Steultjens, M. P. M.
    Woodburn, J.
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    Turner, D. E. Hyslop, E.; Barn, R.; McInnes, I. B.; Steultjens, M. P. M.; Woodburn, J. (2013). Metatarsophalangeal joint pain in psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional study. Rheumatology 53 (4), 737-740
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    Methods. Thirty-four consecutive patients with PsA (mean age 45.3 years, 65% female, mean disease duration 9.9 years) and 22 control participants (mean age 37.9 years, 64% female) underwent clinical and US examination to determine the presence of pain, swelling, synovitis, erosions, effusions and submetatarsal bursae at the MTP joints. Mean barefoot peak plantar pressures were determined at each MTP joint. Levels of pain, US-determined pathology and peak pressures were compared between groups. Binary logistic regression was used to identify demographic, clinical examination-derived, US-derived and plantar pressure predictors of pain at the MTP joints in the PsA group. Results. The presence of pain, deformity, synovitis, erosions (P < 0.001) and submetatarsal bursae and peak plantar pressure at MTP 3 (P < 0.05) were significantly higher in the PsA group. MTP joint pain in PsA was independently predicted by high BMI, female gender and the presence of joint subluxation, synovitis and erosion. Conclusion. These results suggest local inflammatory and structural factors, together with systemic factors (gender, BMI), are predominantly responsible for painful MTP joints in PsA, with no clear role for plantar pressure characteristics.
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