n individuals with abdominal obesity, both endurance and resistance training reduced epicardial adipose tissue mass, while only resistance training reduced pericardial adipose tissue mass. These data highlight the potential preventive importance of different exercise modalities as means to reduce cardiac fat in individuals with abdominal obesity.
Clinical Trial Technology
Assessing Light and Energy-Based Therapy by Optical Coherence Tomography and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy: A Randomized Trial of Photoaged Skin
Multimodal Imaging of the Distal Interphalangealjoint Synovio-entheseal Complex in Psoriatic Arthritis (MIDAS): a Cross-sectional Study on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Different Imaging Modalities Comparing Psoriatic Arthritis to Psoriasis and Osteoarthritis
Tapering of TNF Inhibitors in Patients with Axial Spondyloartritis – Can Flare Be Predicted?
Precision Medicine and Artificial Intelligence – The Perfect Fit for Autoimmunity
The Role of Imaging Biomarkers Derived From Advanced Imaging and Radiomics in the Management of Brain Tumors
Effect of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Cardiac Adipose Tissues: Secondary Analyses from a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Weight-bearing MRI of the Lumbar Spine: Spinal Stenosis and Spondylolisthesis.
Symptoms of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis include back pain, radiculopathy, claudication, and muscular fatigue that tend to be predominant in the standing position or during walking. Lumbar spondylolisthesis is also a well-known cause of spinal stenosis, lateral recess, and neural foraminal narrowing that tends to become more severe in the upright position. This indicates a functional positional component of both spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis. Lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis are typically evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed in the supine position with a pillow under the patient’s lower limbs that slightly flexes the lumbar spine and ameliorates symptoms. Because these two entities tend to be aggravated in the upright position, it seems rational to also consider performing diagnostic imaging in these patients in the upright position. This article reviews the use of weight-bearing MRI for lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis.
Predictors of joint damage progression and stringent remission in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission.
Baseline MRI osteitis and tenosynovitis were independent predictors of 2 year MRI damage progression in RA patients in clinical remission, while independent predictors of radiographic damage progression were age and gender. Following an MRI treat-to-target strategy, low scores of patient-reported outcomes and low tender joint count predicted achievement of stringent remission.