Sacroiliitis in Systemic Sclerosis

Çukurova University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inflammatory Back Pain; Sacroiliitis; Systemic Sclerosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01673633

05/01/2012-4/21 (Other Identifier)

Sacroiliitis in SSc

Details and patient eligibility

About

One of the major problems of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients is suggested to be articular involvement. Mostly involved joints in SSc were reported as wrist, carpometacarpal-interphalangeal, foot, knee, hip and shoulder however there have been little knowledge on sacroiliac joint. Here the investigators plan a study on the involvement of this joint in SSc.

Enrollment: 175 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed as systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• Not giving informed consent

Trial design

175 participants in 3 patient groups

SSc

Description:

Sacroiliitis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Description:

Sacroiliitis

Healthy controls

Description:

Sacroiliitis