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             • pain associated with ongoing synovitis


                    ➢leads to decreased motion at the affected joints.


                            ✓pathologic tissue changes, results in loss of range of


                               motion or, at its most extreme, soft-tissue contractures,


                               fibrosis, and bony ankylosis.







             • stiffness in the neck or lower back, and what is known as


                 'referred pain' down the arm or leg due to irritation of the


                 nerves supplying the area.
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