Low specificity but high sensitivity of inflammatory back pain criteria in rheumatology settings in Europe: confirmation of findings from a German cohort study

Manouk de Hooge^{1

2}, Floris A van Gaalen³, Thomas Renson^{4

2}, Ann-Sophie De Craemer^{4

2}, Marleen G van de Sande⁵, Roberta Ramonda⁶, Karen Minde Fagerli⁷, Lennart T H Jacobsson⁸, Désirée van der Heijde³, Dirk Elewaut^{4

2}, Filip Van den Bosch^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ VIB Center of Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium msmdehooge@gmail.com.
² Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ VIB Center of Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Rheumatology Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁷ Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁸ Rheumatology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Observational Study

Manouk de Hooge et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;78(11):1605-1606.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215742. Epub 2019 Jul 13.

¹ VIB Center of Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium msmdehooge@gmail.com.
² Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ VIB Center of Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Rheumatology Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁷ Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁸ Rheumatology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.

No abstract available

Keywords: inflammation; low back pain; spondyloarthritis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: No, there are no competing interests for any author.