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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
EDITORIALS
Arthritis as a Women's Health Issue
Leigh F. Callahan 159
COMMENTARY
Disability Determination and the Social Conscience
Norton M. Hadler 163
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Preferences in the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Results of a Survey of Community-Based Rheumatologists in the United States
Marc C. Hochberg, Donna L. Perlmutter, James I. Hudson, and Roy D. Altman 170
Quality of Life Improvement in Patients with Osteoarthritis: The Potential for Office-Based Assessment
Mary Lescoe-Long, Michael J. Long, and D.W.C. Johnston 177
Inter-Observer Reliability of the Spondylitis Functional Index Instrument for Assessing Spondylarthropathy
Carolee Moncur, Grant W. Cannon, Merlene Shaw, Debra Willardson, and Daniel O. Clegg 182
The Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale in People with Arthritis
Julie H. Barlow, Bethan Williams, and Chris Wright 189
Finger Dexterity and Hand Function: Effect of Three Commercial Wrist Extensor Orthoses on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Erica B. Stern, Steven R. Ytterberg, Hollis E. Krug, and Maren L. Mahowald 197
A Randomized and Controlled Trial of Hydrotherapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jane Hall, Suzanne M. Skevington, Peter J. Maddison, and Kate Chapman 206
Methotrexate Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Study
Molly R. Burma, John W. Rachow, Sheela Kolluri, and Kenneth G. Saag 216
REVIEWS
The Orthopedic Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ronald J. Anderson 223
Patient Education and Self-Management in the Rheumatic Diseases: Self-Efficacy Approach
Erik Taal, Johannes J. Rasker, and Oene Wiegman 229
METHODS ARTICLE
A Consumer's Guide to Fiding, Evaluating, and Reporting on Measurement Instruments
Robert F. DeVellis 239
