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The knee pain status of the patients who are followed in the rheumatology special branch of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic and who meet the inclusion criteria will be questioned. In patients with or without knee pain, the cartilage thickness measurement of the knee joint will be measured from 3 points by ultrasound. At the same time, Quadriceps and Hamstring muscle thickness measurements of the patients will be made from the midpoints where the muscle thickness is the highest. The physician who performed the ultrasonographic measurements of the knee pain status of the patients does not know.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Knee Pain | In patients with knee pain, the cartilage thickness measurement of the knee joint will be measured from 3 points by ultrasound. At the same time, Quadriceps and Hamstring muscle thickness measurements of the patients will be made from the midpoints where the muscle thickness is the highest. |
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients without Knee Pain | In patients without knee pain, the cartilage thickness measurement of the knee joint will be measured from 3 points by ultrasound. At the same time, Quadriceps and Hamstring muscle thickness measurements of the patients will be made from the midpoints where the muscle thickness is the highest. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultrasonographic Measurements | Diagnostic Test | In patients with or without knee pain, the cartilage thickness measurement of the knee joint will be measured from 3 points by ultrasound. At the same time, Quadriceps and Hamstring muscle thickness measurements of the patients will be made from the midpoints where the muscle thickness is the highest. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Ultrasonographic Cartilage Thickness Measurement | Tibial cartilage thickness will be visualized by ultrasound with the knee held in 30 degrees of flexion, and 3 measurements will be taken from the medial, lateral and midline. | through study completion, an average of 1 month |
| Ultrasonographic Muscle Measurement Thickness Measurement | The quadriceps muscle thickness will be measured by determining the midpoint between the SIAS and the patella while the patient is lying in the supine position. Hamstring muscle thickness will be measured at the intersection of a line drawn at 60% distal between the greater trochanter and the outer femoral condyle, and at the midline of the popliteal fossa, with the patient lying on the prone. These 2 measurements will be proportional to each other. | through study completion, an average of 1 month |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient with active arthritis or high disease activity
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Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Health Sciences, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001172 | Arthritis, Rheumatoid |
| D009133 | Muscular Atrophy |
| ID | Term |
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| D001168 | Arthritis |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D012216 | Rheumatic Diseases |
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| D003240 |
| Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D020879 | Neuromuscular Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D001284 | Atrophy |
| D020763 | Pathological Conditions, Anatomical |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |