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Arthritis Care & Research

Official Journal of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals

Vol. 11, No. 3, June 1998


COMMENTARY

155 Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scales Measure Self-Efficacy
Kate Lorig and Halsted Holman

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

158 Effect of Satisfaction with One’s Abilities on Positive and Negative Affect Among Individuals with Recently Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis
Susan J. Blalock, Maria Orlando, Elizabeth J. Mutran, Robert F. DeVellis, and Brenda M. DeVellis

89 A Comparison of IgM Rheumatoid Factor by Nephelometry and Latex Methods: Clinical and Laboratory Significance
Frederick Wolfe

166 Disease and Family Contributors to Adaptation in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Diabetes
Robert G. Frank, Kristofer J. Hagglund, Laura H. Schopp, Julian F. Thayer, Angela Z. Vieth, James T. Cassidy, David E. Goldstein, Niels C. Beck, Daniel L. Clay, John E. Hewett, Jane C. Johnson, John M. Chaney, and Javad H. Kashani

177 Arthritis Health Service Utilization Among the Elderly: The Role of Urban-Rural Residence and Other Utilization Factors
Kenneth G. Saag, Bradley N. Doebbeling, James E. Rohrer, Sheela Kolluri, Theresa A. Mitchell, and Robert B. Wallace

186 Interdisciplinary Treatment for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Clinical and Statistical Significance
Dennis C. Turk, Akiko Okifuji, J. David Sinclair, and Terence W. Starz

196 Biofeedback/Relaxation Training and Exercise Interventions for Fibromyalgia: A Prospective Trial
Susan P. Buckelew, Robert Conway, Jerry Parker, William E. Deuser, Joan Jennings, Thomas E. Witty, John E. Hewett, Marian Minor, Jane C. Johnson, Lynn Van Male, Matthew J. McIntosh, Margaret Nigh, and Donald R. Kay

210 Protocol for Verifying Expertise in Location Fibromyalgia Tender Points
Matthew J. McIntosh, John E. Hewett, Susan P. Buckelew, Robert R. Conway, and Lynn A. Rossy

217 A Comparison of the Futuro Wrist Orthosis with a Synthetic ThermoLyn Orthosis: Utility and Clinical Effectiveness
Gerard J. Tijhuis, Theodora P. M. Vliet Vlieland, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, and Johanna M. W. Hazes

223 ANNOUNCEMENTS