New criteria for inflammatory back pain in patients with chronic back pain: a real patient exercise by experts from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)
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Frequently Asked Questions (9)
Q2. How many clinical judgements were available on the 20 patients?
17In total, 124 clinical judgements on IBP were available on the 20 patients from 13 experts (12 experts evaluated 10 patients each, 1 expert 4 patients only).
Q3. How many international rheumatologists participated in the workshop?
In all, 13 international rheumatologists (all listed as coauthors of this manuscript) from 9 countries in Europe and North America who are considered experts in AS/SpA, are full members of ASAS and who participate in the development of new ASAS classification criteria for axial SpA met during a 2- day workshop in Berlin.
Q4. How long did it take to improve?
In the modified New York criteria for AS10 IBP was defined in one single item as morning stiffness, improvement with exercise but not by rest and symptom duration .3 months.
Q5. What are the three items that represent the three Calin criteria?
The items ‘‘disease onset at an age ,40 years’’, ‘‘insidious onset’’ and ‘‘improvement with exercise’’ also represent three of the five Calin criteria.
Q6. What are the main parameters that are not independently contributory to IBP?
Three parameters were not independently contributory to IBP: duration of back pain .3 months (present in 96.6% vs 91.7% of IBP vs no IBP), alternating buttock pain (present in 41.1% vs 10.9%) and morning stiffness (present in 78.7% vs 41.7%).
Q7. What were the clinical features of the patients with IBP?
All patients had chronic back pain of unknown origin and, in the opinion of the local rheumatologists, had clinical features compatible with spondyloarthritis.
Q8. How many patients had a probable SpA?
According to the assessments and judgements of the local rheumatologists 16/20 patients fulfilled the ESSG classification criteria,9 and 8/20 had 6 or more (range 7–12) Amor points (reflecting definite SpA) while a further 7/20 patients had 5 Amor points (reflecting probable SpA).
Q9. What were the clinical history items that were assessed in the workshop?
In addition to gender, age and duration of back pain, the following clinical history items that are related to IBP were assessed in a yes/no fashion: (1) age at onset ,40 years, (2) duration of back pain .3 months, (3) insidious onset, (4) morning stiffness of the back, (5) improvement with exercise, (6) improvement with rest, (7) alternating buttock pain and (8) pain at night with improvement upon getting out of bed.