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Assessing the construct validity of clinical tests to identify sacroiliac joint inflammation in patients with non‐radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify sacroiliac joint (SIJ) inflammation and provide an earlier diagnosis of nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nrAxSpA). However, MRI is frequently a resource‐limited examination.… Click to show full abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify sacroiliac joint (SIJ) inflammation and provide an earlier diagnosis of nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nrAxSpA). However, MRI is frequently a resource‐limited examination. Our aim was to assess if a set of physical clinical tests can identify SIJ inflammation in patients with nrAxSpA.

Keywords: inflammation; axial spondyloarthritis; tests identify; identify sacroiliac; sacroiliac joint; clinical tests

Journal Title: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Year Published: 2019

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