The Cartilage and Muscle Thickness on Knee Pain in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Effect of Ultrasonographic Cartilage Thickness and Quadriceps/Hamstring Muscle Thickness on Knee Pain in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis > Diagnosed for 1 year
• -Female gender
• -The patient has been in remission or low disease activity for at least 3 months
• -Be able to ambulatory
• -No significant deformity in the lower extremity joints

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with active arthritis or high disease activity

  • - Significant deformity of the lower extremity joints and inability to ambulate
  • -Pregnant patient
  • - Presence of malignancy
  • - Patient with a severe psychiatric disorder and difficulty in cooperation
  • - Presence of cardiovascular and pulmonary comorbidities that will prevent exercise
  • -Male gender