Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Asymptomatic Shoulder Joint Pathologies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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Conditions studied: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Shoulder Injuries and Disorders

In brief

Ultrasonographic determination of changes and degree of damage in asymptomatic shoulder joint periarticular structures in RA patients and comparison with healthy controls.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06572696

Run by

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2024-08-12

Expected to finish

2024-09-02

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• RA patients between the ages of 18-75 who has been diagnosed with RA for at least 12 months according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria and has no complaint of shoulder pain.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with clinically suspected shoulder pathology, a history of previous shoulder surgery, a history of direct trauma to the shoulder, a history of infectious arthritis, other connective tissue diseases, serious and chronic somatic or psychiatric diseases, any fracture in the upper extremities, and patients with limited joint movement.

Where it is running

• Istanbul Physıcal Therapy And Rehabılıtatıon Traınıng And Research Hospıtal — Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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