Clinical Evaluation of a Digital Biomarker for Joint Swelling in Inflammatory Arthritis based on Automated Quantification of Dorsal Finger Fold Patterns

This study demonstrates that the Finger Fold Index (FFI), a digital biomarker derived from automated analysis of smartphone hand photographs, shows a significant association with clinical joint swelling and disease activity in patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, suggesting its potential utility for remote patient monitoring.

Koller, C. N., Maglione, J., Blanchard, M. + 4 more2026-02-27🦴 rheumatology

Supervised yogic intervention improves pain, cortical excitability and flexibility in fibromyalgia patients: Objective evidence based of journey from case control study to randomized controlled trial

This study demonstrates that a four-week supervised yogic intervention significantly improves pain, flexibility, quality of life, sleep, and cortical excitability in fibromyalgia patients compared to standard therapy and waitlisted controls, providing objective evidence for its therapeutic efficacy.

Kumar, A., Kumar, U., Khan, M. A. + 6 more2026-02-24🦴 rheumatology

Deep learning-derived quantitative interstitial abnormalities in early rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls: A multicenter, prospective cross-sectional study

This multicenter, prospective study demonstrates that deep learning-derived quantitative CT analysis reveals significantly increased interstitial abnormalities and reduced normal lung volume in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls, indicating that pulmonary damage begins in the early stages of the disease.

McDermott, G. C., Wang, X., Davis, N. A. + 30 more2026-02-22🦴 rheumatology

Harnessing AI and social media to understand real-world patient experiences in systemic lupus erythematosus

This study demonstrates that applying state-of-the-art large language models to thousands of Reddit posts provides a scalable, validated method for identifying real-world unmet needs, symptom burdens, and care coordination gaps among systemic lupus erythematosus patients, offering timely insights that complement traditional qualitative research.

Yang, S., Hawryluk, C., Liu, J. + 4 more2026-02-22🦴 rheumatology