Hand bone mass in rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the literature

Kılıç, Gamze; Özgöçmen, Salih

doi:10.5312/wjo.v6.i1.106

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“…[167] Most of the patients with RA suffer from impaired muscle function such as (or including) imbalance and reduced muscle strength. [8] The symptoms of RA, such as joint swelling, pain, stiffness, and other complications, may hamper the physical training and reduce physical fitness. [910] Chronic inflammation and destruction of the joints result in deformities that also exacerbate the inactivity in the patients with RA.…”

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Effects of aerobic exercise on hematologic indices of women with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized clinical trial

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Background:To investigate the effects of moderate aerobic exercise on the hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell (RBC) mass of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Materials and Methods:This randomized clinical trial was conducted at the Specialized Clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Al-Zahra Hospital of Isfahan, during a 4-month period in 2014. We included patients with RA who did not have any malignancy and hematologic disorder. Two groups — one group receiving aerobic therapy along with medical therapy (N = 16) and the other group receiving medical therapy alone (N = 17) both for a period of 8 weeks. The levels of RBC mass, Hb, and HCT were measured before and after the intervention. The changes in these parameters were compared between the two study groups.Results:There was no significant difference between the two study groups regarding the baseline characteristics. The aerobic exercise resulted in increased RBC mass (P < 0.001), Hb (P < 0.001), and HCT (P < 0.001). However, those who received medical therapy alone did not experience any significant changes in these parameters. We found that the RBC mass (P = 0.581), Hb (P = 0.882), and HCT (P = 0.471) were comparable between the two study groups after 8 weeks of intervention.Conclusion:Although the aerobic exercise results in increased Hb, HCT, and RBC mass in patients with RA, the increase was not significant when compared to that in controls. Thus, the increase in the HB, HCT, and RBC could not be attributable to aerobic exercise.

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Effects of aerobic exercise on hematologic indices of women with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized clinical trial

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“…However, in RA patients, the severe hand deformity can lead to change of hand position in DXA, thus causes an incorrect evaluation of the BMD. Also reference values of the hand BMD in ethnic groups is not determined [3]. So it is more precious to evaluate the BMD of forearm instead of the hand in RA patients, as in our study.…”

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“…In addition, the radiography has many drawbacks, such as the fact that evaluation is depended on the quality of graphy, the early erosion can not be detected and the high radiation exposure. Dual-X ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a technique used to determine the loss of axial and appendicular bone mass in patients with RA [3].…”

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The relation between joint erosion and forearm bone mineral density in female patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Bozbaş¹,

Gürer²,

Şendur³

2018

Pau Med J

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Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease that characterized by joint damage including periarticular osteoporosis and focal bone erosion. Despite the fact that periarticular osteoporosis and erosions are known as radiographic hallmarks of RA, there is a lack of data on the relationship between forearm bone loss and radiographic damage. For this reason, we aimed in this study to determine whether there is a relationship between focal erosions and OP in RA patients. Materials and methods: We evaluated 49 female patients with RA. Anteroposterior hand and foot radiographs and bone mineral density measurement of forearm, hip and lumbar spine with dual x-ray absorptiometry of all patients were taken at simultaneously. Radiographs were analyzed using the Larsen method. Disease activity was evaluated by DAS-28 and functional ability was measured with Health Assessment Questionnaire and Duruöz Hand Index. Results:Patients had the mean age 53.9±11.8 and an average disease duration of 7.9±5.9 years. The erosion score was correlated with bone mineral density of forearm, but not with lumbar spine and hip. The disease activity and functional ability were not correlated with Larsen score. Both osteoporosis in all evaluated area and correlations were not affected by the menopause status and disease duration. Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that bone mineral density of forearm indicate the erosion severity in female patients with RA.

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“…Most of the patients with RA suffer from impaired muscle function such as (or including) imbalance and reduced muscle strength [29]. The symptoms of RA, such as joint swelling, pain, stiffness, and other complications, may hamper the physical training and reduce physical fitness [30,31].…”

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Intervention of Floor Aerobics Exercise on Hematological Characteristics of People Living with HIV/AIDS, the Case of Yetessfa Bisrat Miskir Association, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Taye¹

2016

SJCM

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Abstract:There is much scientific evidence that indicates that physical exercise training is not only appropriate but also warranted for patients with HIV/AIDS. This was study carried out to identify the Intervention of floor aerobic exercise on hematological characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) users. A convenience sample of 52 subjects (26 male and 26 female participants) between the age of 30 and 50 years (mean 38.6) were participated with a minimum of 28 and maximum 36 sessions. The study aimed to compare of the results before and after exercise of the study subjects and also with respect to sex difference. The results were assessed one pre exercise test and three post exercise tests for three continuous months. T-test analysis was used to test significant differences between Pre Exercise Test Result (PETR) and Post Exercise Test Result (POETR) of components of hematological results. The mean comparison of hematological count of PETR compared with POETR within them and in terms of sex difference has shown that significantly difference at the probability level of 5%. The higher mean value of WBC, MCV, MCH and MCHC obtained by females and the remaining hematological parameters highest mean value of RBC, HGB, HCT, RDW, PCT, PLT, MPV, PCT and PDW obtained by males at PEOTR with compared to PETR value. These findings suggest that increasing duration, frequency, modality and intensity of floor aerobics exercise might have beneficial effects on immunity induction in people with HIV/AIDS.

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Hand bone mass in rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the literature

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

Effects of aerobic exercise on hematologic indices of women with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized clinical trial

Effects of aerobic exercise on hematologic indices of women with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized clinical trial

The relation between joint erosion and forearm bone mineral density in female patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Intervention of Floor Aerobics Exercise on Hematological Characteristics of People Living with HIV/AIDS, the Case of Yetessfa Bisrat Miskir Association, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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