Correlación entre entesitis y sinovitis ecográfica y factores de riesgo en estudiantes del semestre A-2018 de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Enthesitis and synovitis are joint pathologies presented in a shared manner as well as share risk factors and their accurate diagnosis is performed by musculoskeletal ultrasound. Objective: To correlate the presence of ultrasound synovitis and enthesitis with the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, obesity, hypermobility and physical activity in asymptomatic students (SINDE project pilot approved). Methodology: Prospective, cross-sectional, nonexperimental and correlational study with convenience sampling in a population of 63 individuals. Anthropometric data obtained, surveys with validated scales for the evaluation of risk factors, physical exploration and joint ultrasound were used. Results: Inflammatory enthesitis was found in 38.1% of the subjects studied and mechanical enthesitis was found in 57.14%. A positive correlation was established between the development of enthesitis (.279) with BMI levels with a significance of (0.02), with significant Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality tests (0.01) and a square R of 0.078, with a significance of 0.027. Direct correlation was obtained between the development of enthesitis and the weight of the subjects studied (.303). Conclusion: 7.8% of the studied population has developed enthesitis due to a gradual increase in BMI, explained in turn by the existing correlation between enthesitis and weight. The presence of enthesopathies was clinically and sonographically proved, but without correlation of these in the analysis. Finding enthesitis in 95.24% of the studied subjects, motivates the continuance of this type of studies, with a larger population.