title: The correlation of clinical assessment of synovial fluid with its measured viscosity.
abstract: The viscosity of 10 specimens of rheumatoid synovial fluid was assessed using side-room tests as well as being measured in a viscometer. All of the tests, and particularly the 'mucin clot', correlated well with measured viscosity. We conclude that the mucin clot test does indeed reflect viscosity and can demonstrate the presence of inflammatory joint disease.
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D014783:Viscosity