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Table 2 Clinical characteristics at diagnosis of cervical spine arthritis and follow-up*

From: Cervical spine involvement in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis - MRI follow-up study

Clinical characteristic

At diagnosis

At follow-up

Spontaneous pain (no. patients)

5

0

Torticollis (no. patients)

4

2

LROM** (no. patients)

13

9

ESR mm/1 hr. median (range)

25 (10–60)

10 (5–35)

Arthritis in extraspinal joints, median number of joints (range)

4 (0–40)

0 (0–35)

  1. *After a median duration of 2.1 years (range 0.5-8 years) of cervical spine arthritis.
  2. **All of them showed asymmetry of cervical spine movement.
  3. Abbr.: LROM limited range of motion.