Orofacial Evaluation in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01616641

Orofacial

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can affect any synovial joint. Unlike the hand, ever so valued in the physical examination of patients with RA, the joints in the area of the jaw and neck may also be affected in this disease and have their involvement usually underdiagnosed. There are few studies evaluating the incidence of orofacial alteration in the examination as well as the correlation between bite force (BF) and clinical and functional parameters in these patients. The aim of our study was to chacacterize the orofacial alterations in RA patients, correlate the results of the orofacial evaluation with clinical and disease activity parameters, and correlate the bite force with the hand strenght.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

RA group:

• rheumatoid arthritis (American College of Rheumatology)

Control group:

• healthy

Exclusion criteria

• edentate be total, have been subjected to surgical procedure in the last six months in the region of the hands or oral maxillo facial

Trial design

150 participants in 2 patient groups

rheumatoid arthritis group

Description:

75 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

control group

Description:

75 healthy women