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. 2021 Aug 6;80(10):1286–1298. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220884

Table 2.

Definitions of arthritis

Asymptomatic The absence of arthralgia or other musculoskeletal symptoms
Symptoms not exclusively musculoskeletal, such as fatigue may be present
Subclinical inflammation on imaging The presence of signs of joint inflammation on high-resolution imaging in the absence of clinical arthritis
Clinical arthritis The presence of inflammatory joint swelling on clinical examination