Psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease, meaning it occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue, in this case the joints and skin. The faulty immune response causes ...

When you think of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), you may imagine skin symptoms or the commonly affected joints, like the fingers, knees, ankles or elbows (peripheral arthritis). However, for many people ...

and if an exercise is painful or uncomfortable, don’t do it.” RELATED: 11 Easy Hand and Foot Exercise for Psoriatic Arthritis ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) develops in four stages: the preclinical stage, where those ...

Muscle strength and maximum VO2 ... rehabilitation programs have been evaluated in psoriatic arthritis and other inflammatory rheumatism. The beneficial effects were modest and concerned the reduction ...

Introduction Psoriatic arthritis (PsA ... Patients described various types of pain associated with their PsA and often found these types of pain to be distinct. Therefore, the initial ‘pain (skin, ...

Pain may be the common denominator preventing patients from achieving MDA. References [1]Gossec L, Baraliakos X, Kerschbaumer A, de Wit M, McInnes I, Dougados M, et al. EULAR recommendations for the ...

The NHS says psoriatic arthritis is a long-term condition that causes joint pain, swelling and stiffness. Medicines can help treat the symptoms. Some people with the skin condition psoriasis may ...

All patients with psoriatic arthritis were excluded. Cox proportional-hazards models ... given not all patients with tendon pain may have imaging to confirm where along the tendon the injury was to ...

So diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis is clinical ... and is coming to your clinic with joint complaints or muscular skeletal pain for the primary care provider, it is critical for them to consider ...

According to a recent study on patient and clinician perspective on the different aspects of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) care, patients and clinicians agree on core aspects such as joint pain and ...