The two leading clinical symptoms of spondyloarthropathy (SpA) patients are inflammatory
back pain (IBP) 44 and asymmetric peripheral arthritis, predominantly of the lower limbs. 28 …

Inflammation of one or both sacroiliac joints is a characteristic feature of patients with
spondyloarthropathies (SpA). Sacroiliitis often leads to inflammatory back pain (IBP). IBP …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is generally considered as the prototype of
spondyloarthropathies. 6, 30, 98,107,175,184,185 The disease shows a very strong …

The aim of the study was to analyse the 2-year follow-up of a series of patients with the
diagnosis of undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy (uSpA). A prospective study was carried …

Classification criteria for most of the disorders belonging to the spondylarthropathy group
already exist. However, the spectrum of spondylarthropathy is wider than the sum of these …

Spondyloarthropathies (SpA) are a group of inflammatory arthritis which consist of
ankylosing spondylitis (AS), reactive arthritis, arthritis/spondylitis associated with psoriasis …

To understand the current problem of defining the diagnostic features of ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) it is interesting to recall the successive stages in rheumatological concepts …

OBJECTIVE. Spondyloarthropathies are rheumatoid diseases that predominantly affect the
axial skeleton, causing pain, stiffness, and ankylosis. The aims of this article are to illustrate …

Ankylosing spondylitis is the prototype of immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic
diseases grouped under the term spondyloarthritis (SpA). An early diagnosis has now …

Objective: To validate and refine two sets of candidate criteria for the classification/diagnosis
of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods: All Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international …