abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the state of knowledge regarding the economic burden of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to evaluate the quality of cost-of-illness (COI) studies conducted to date. METHODS:Relevant literature was retrieved from the PubMed database in April 2010. The evaluation of identified articles was b...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Zhu TY,Tam LS,Li EK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate if exercise programs in trials for patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have the potential for effectiveness. METHODS:A systematic literature search was performed and randomized trials examining the effectiveness of exercise programs for AS patients were analyzed according to 3 elements: whe...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Dagfinrud H,Halvorsen S,Vøllestad NK,Niedermann K,Kvien TK,Hagen KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess experimental pain sensitivity and compare the inflammatory response to pain in 26 osteoarthritis (OA) patients and 33 age- and sex-matched controls from the general population in order to examine the nature of the association between pain and inflammation in OA. METHODS:The participants underwent p...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Lee YC,Lu B,Bathon JM,Haythornthwaite JA,Smith MT,Page GG,Edwards RR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Metacarpal juxtaarticular bone is altered in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a detailed analysis of disease-related geometric adaptations of the metacarpal shaft is missing. The aim of the present study was to assess the role of RA disease, forearm muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), age, and sex on bone g...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Eser P,Aeberli D,Widmer J,Möller B,Villiger PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between functional limitation, socioeconomic inequality, and depression in a diverse cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The study design was cross-sectional and subjects were from the University of California, San Francisco RA Cohort. Patients were enrolled...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Margaretten M,Barton J,Julian L,Katz P,Trupin L,Tonner C,Graf J,Imboden J,Yelin E

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the prevalence of sleep disturbances in adults with arthritis in a nationally representative sample, mediators of sleep difficulties, and subgroups of individuals with arthritis at greatest risk. METHODS:Using data on US adults ages≥18 years participating in the 2007 National Health Interview Surv...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Louie GH,Tektonidou MG,Caban-Martinez AJ,Ward MM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether perceptions of clinical manifestations (fatigue, pain, and physical limitation) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) differ between spouses and their partners with RA, and to determine whether the differences are associated with the perception of beneficial and problematic spousal social support....

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Lehman AJ,Pratt DD,DeLongis A,Collins JB,Shojania K,Koehler B,Offer R,Esdaile JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if mortality is increased among patients diagnosed as having fibromyalgia. METHODS:We studied 8,186 fibromyalgia patients seen between 1974 and 2009 in 3 settings: all fibromyalgia patients in a clinical practice, patients participating in the US National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB), ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Wolfe F,Hassett AL,Walitt B,Michaud K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Body image concerns are understudied in systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma). The objective was to develop and cross-validate a brief version of the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) in order to reduce item redundancy, increase SSc relevancy, and improve the feasibility of body image assessment in SS...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Jewett LR,Hudson M,Haythornthwaite JA,Heinberg L,Wigley FM,Baron M,Thombs BD,Canadian Scleroderma Research Group.

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in abatacept-treated children/adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS:In this phase III, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, subjects with active polyarticular course JIA and an inadequate response/intolerance to ≥1 disease-modifying ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Ruperto N,Lovell DJ,Li T,Sztajnbok F,Goldenstein-Schainberg C,Scheinberg M,Penades IC,Fischbach M,Alcala JO,Hashkes PJ,Hom C,Jung L,Lepore L,Oliveira S,Wallace C,Alessio M,Quartier P,Cortis E,Eberhard A,Simonini G,

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To predict the 2-year course of activity limitations in patients with early knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS:The Cohort Hip & Cohort Knee (CHECK) study is a prospective followup study. The CHECK cohort, comprising participants (n = 1,002) with early OA-related knee and/or hip symptoms, was follow...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Holla JF,Steultjens MP,Roorda LD,Heymans MW,Ten Wolde S,Dekker J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine clinical characteristics as possible predictors of long-term treatment continuation with adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients who had never taken biologics treated in clinical practice. METHODS:Patients in southern Sweden with active AS starting biologic t...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Kristensen LE,Karlsson JA,Englund M,Petersson IF,Saxne T,Geborek P

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that oxidative stress is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to increased inflammation and contributes to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. METHODS:The independent association between urinary F₂-isoprostane excretion, a measure of oxidative stress, and RA was te...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Rho YH,Chung CP,Oeser A,Solus JF,Gebretsadik T,Shintani A,Raggi P,Milne GL,Stein CM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interrater variability limits rheumatologic opinion as a reference standard for early inflammatory arthritis (IA) classification. The study objectives were to determine whether rheumatologic opinion is associated with potential early IA classification methods despite high interrater variability, and to compar...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Tavares R,Wells GA,Scarf J,Cagaanan R,Bykerk VP,Bell MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the number of areas of musculoskeletal pain reported is related to incident disability. METHODS:Subjects included 898 older persons from the Rush Memory and Aging Project without dementia, stroke, or Parkinson's disease at baseline. All participants underwent detailed baseline eva...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Buchman AS,Shah RC,Leurgans SE,Boyle PA,Wilson RS,Bennett DA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the potential predictors of remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:We performed a systematic review of prognostic studies that identified the predictors of remission in RA patients. Studies were identified in Medline, EMBase, and the Cochrane Registry, and by hand search. ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Katchamart W,Johnson S,Lin HJ,Phumethum V,Salliot C,Bombardier C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several lines of evidence have emphasized an improvement in aerobic capacity and muscle strength after physical exercise programs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of aerobic exercises in RA on quality of life, function, and clinical and radiologic outcomes by a...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Baillet A,Zeboulon N,Gossec L,Combescure C,Bodin LA,Juvin R,Dougados M,Gaudin P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study how corticosteroid therapy is planned and described in reports of systemic disease trials and estimate the impact of the between-arm difference in corticosteroid dose on treatment effect. METHODS:We performed a systematic review of PubMed and Cochrane databases on all reports of randomized systemic ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Pagnoux C,Dechartres A,Giraudeau B,Seror R,Guillevin L,Ravaud P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of individual and local level socioeconomic status (SES) and health care access characteristics on the number of self-report physician visits for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Data derived from 755 adult participants from the 2004 to 2007 Lupus Outcomes Study (LOS) result...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Tonner C,Trupin L,Yazdany J,Criswell L,Katz P,Yelin E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe 1) a technique that can detect synovial effusions not seen on static ultrasound (US) examination and 2) the characteristics of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) for whom this technique proved useful. METHODS:From reviewed records of 76 patients with knee OA (112 knees) that we had seen for U...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Ike RW,Somers EC,Arnold EL,Arnold WJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the effect of different exposure classification strategies for disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on drug-outcome associations. METHODS:We studied the association between DMARD initiation and all-cause hospitalizations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 1995-2005. Initiators ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Grijalva CG,Kaltenbach L,Arbogast PG,Mitchel EF Jr,Griffin MR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between leisure time physical exercise, body mass index (BMI), and risk of fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS:A longitudinal study with baseline assessment of physical exercise (frequency, duration, and intensity) and BMI was used to explore the risk of having FM at 11-year followup in a l...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Mork PJ,Vasseljen O,Nilsen TI

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate manual muscle testing (MMT) for strength assessment in juvenile and adult dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM). METHODS:Patients with PM/DM (73 children and 45 adults) were assessed at baseline and reevaluated 6-9 months later. We compared Total MMT (a group of 24 proximal, distal, and axia...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Rider LG,Koziol D,Giannini EH,Jain MS,Smith MR,Whitney-Mahoney K,Feldman BM,Wright SJ,Lindsley CB,Pachman LM,Villalba ML,Lovell DJ,Bowyer SL,Plotz PH,Miller FW,Hicks JE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low-dose aspirin may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through its effect on cyclooxygenase activity and its antioxidant pathways. Previous randomized trial data have demonstrated a beneficial effect of low-dose aspirin in reducing other inflammatory diseases, such as asthma and colorect...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Shadick NA,Karlson EW,Cook NR,Maher NE,Buring JE,Lee IM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies on quality of life (QOL) and functional status in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients and study potential predictors for QOL improvements. METHODS:The study was based on a cohort of 596 PsA patients receiving anti-TNF therapies. Changes...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Saad AA,Ashcroft DM,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Noyce PR,Hyrich KL,British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register.

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Childhood scleroderma encompasses a rare, poorly understood spectrum of conditions. Our aim was to ascertain the incidence of childhood scleroderma in its different forms in the UK and Ireland, and to describe the age, sex, and ethnicity of the cases. METHODS:The members of 5 specialist medical associations ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Herrick AL,Ennis H,Bhushan M,Silman AJ,Baildam EM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative effectiveness of combining self-management and strength training for improving functional outcomes in patients with early knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:We conducted a randomized intervention trial lasting 24 months at an academic medical center. Community-dwelling middle-aged adults (n ...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： McKnight PE,Kasle S,Going S,Villanueva I,Cornett M,Farr J,Wright J,Streeter C,Zautra A

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether height is associated with low back pain (LBP) and surgery, taking into account personal and socioeconomic risk factors in a general population. METHODS:In 2001, 13,680 participants of the Gazel cohort completed a self-reported questionnaire on LBP and surgery interventions. Three group...

journal_title：Arthritis care & research

authors： Coeuret-Pellicer M,Descatha A,Leclerc A,Zins M

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00