A new study makes the case for routine spinal imaging in individuals with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) who have back pain, to determine whether there is axial involvement. The researchers found that physician assessment is relatively inaccurate and x-rays and MRI are better at detecting axial disease, in a poster presentation at the Canadian Rheumatology Association’s 2016 annual meeting (abstract 125).
The study results showed that the sensitivity of three sets of nonimaging criteria for