For acute low back pain, adding spinal manipulative therapy to standard care does not appear to lead to a greater early reduction in pain compared with standard care alone, according to a Swiss study. Reuters Health Information
In patients with osteoarthritis, a detailed assessment of degenerative cartilage disease is important to recommend adequate treatment. What method is most useful for clinicians? BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Current data do not support using MRI to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or predict its course, a new literature review shows. Reuters Health Information
In this article, the authors review the MRI quantitation of synovitis, bone marrow oedema and bone erosions using scoring systems, direct volume measurement and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Rheumatology
