This study also raises questions regarding the contribution to the validity of including ACW tender points in an enthesitis score.
Our data were unable to verify the construct validity of the ACW tender points of the MASES [ 16], which is the only enthesitis score to include this area of the body [ 17], because no association was observed between clinical and imaging features of inflammation in our study.
The Tender Point Index was calculated as the sum of each positive tender point score divided by the total number of tender points.
The median number of tender points was 15 (13 to 16).
The TPS was the total number of tender points.
At eight years ChSHS1yr, anti-CCP and the number of tender jointsbl and tender joints1yr were independent predictors.
Construct validity of the Thai HAQ was performed by correlating the baseline eight domains and total scores of the Thai HAQ with the following outcome measures of RA disease activity: number of tender joints (total 68 joints), number of swollen joints (66 joints), patient's assessment of pain, patient global assessment of disease activity, physician global assessment of disease activity, and ESR.
We hypothesized that APRs make limited contribution to the SDAI, and that an SDAI-modification eliminating APRs – termed the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI; i.e. the sum of tender and swollen joint counts [28 joints] and patient and physician global assessments [in cm]) – would have comparable validity in clinical cohorts.
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In addition, senior chiropractic, naturopathic, physical and occupational therapy students were conflicted over the validity of posttraumatic fibromyalgia and the role of control tender points in diagnosis, and between the desire to prioritize both symptom relief and functional gains when managing fibromyalgia.
The majority of respondents felt that fibromyalgia was a clinically useful diagnosis as was the American College of Rheumatology tender point threshold [ 1], but were uncertain as to the validity of post-traumatic fibromyalgia.
