This study showed generalized joint hypermobility and knee hypermobility may be associated with knee OA. According to the results of this study, we can suggest that generalized joint hypermobility and also knee hypermobility may increase the risk of knee OA. According to this study, it should be considered that knee OA will develop in individuals who have generalized joint hypermobility and these individuals should be educated from this point before OA it occurs.

185Brucellosis is an infectious disease that affects many organ systems. Osteoarticular involvement, especially spondylitis, is the most common complication of brucellosis, but psoas abscess is very rare. Serological tests at diagnosis of the disease are very valuable and most widely used. Herein, we report a case of psoas abscess secondary to brucellar spondylitis. In this case, interestingly, the serological test results were negative, and the diagnosis could be made by abscess culture. In patients, particularly those who live in areas endemic for brucellosis, as in our case, it should be kept in mind that a negative serological test result should not exclude the diagnosis of brucellosis.

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This study was performed to compare radiologic methods of Bath Ankylosing Spondilitis Radiology Index-spine (BASRI-s), Bath Ankylosing Spondilitis Radiology Index-total (BASRI-t), Stoke Ankylosing Spondilitis Spine Score (SASSS) and Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondilitis Spine Score (M-SASSS) and to test their superiority over each other. Eighty-one patients (60 males, 21 females) with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were included in the study. Patients were evaluated for their functional status, disease activity, quality of life, and spinal mobility using Bath AS Functional Index (BASFI), Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), AS Quality of Life Index (ASQoL) scale, and Bath AS Metrology Index (BASMI), respectively. Radiographs of the patients were evaluated using BASRI-s, BASRI-t, SASSS, and M-SASSS methods. Spearman's correlation test was used for the correlation analysis. Significant correlations were found between the duration of disease with radiological indices (P < 0.05), BASMI with SASSS (P < 0.01), M-SASSS (P < 0.01), BASRI-s (P < 0.01), and BASRI-t (P < 0.01). Furthermore, there were correlations between BASFI with SASSS (P < 0.05), M-SASSS (P < 0.05), BASRI-s (P < 0.05). and BASRI-t (P < 0.05). According to the results of our study, among these four radiological measuring methods, SASSS appears to be the one that is the least reflective of patient status. The reason to that is the fact that while in SASSS method only lumbosacral radiography is evaluated, in other methods one more area is evaluated. However, the disadvantages of BASRI methods relative to others, in BASRI methods, patients are exposed to more radiation.