Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Vol. 12, No. 1, February 1999
EDITORIAL
1 Whiplash-Associated Disorder: WAD is it?
John B. Winfield
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
3 The Relationship of Anxiety and Depression with Self-Reported Knee
Pain in the Community: Data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Paul Creamer, Margaret Lethbrigde-Cejku, Paul Costa, Jordan D. Tobin,
Jeffrey H. Herbst, and Marc C. Hochberg
8 Determinants of Hip and Knee Flexion Range: Results from the San
Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging
Agustín Escalante, Michael J. Lichtenstein, Rahul Dhanda, John
E. Cornell, and Helen P. Hazuda
19 Internal Consistency and Validity of an Observational Method for
Assessing Disability in Mobility in Patients with Osteoarthritis
M. P. M. Steultjens, J. Dekker, M. E. van Baar, R. A. B. Oostendorp,
and J. W. J. Bijlsma
26 Assessment of Nutritional Status in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
and Osteoarthritis Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery
Margaretha Haugen, Kari-Åse Homme, Astor Reigstad,
and Jens Teigland
33 A Five-Year Followup of Hand Function and Activities of Daily Living
in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Berit Dellhag and Anders Bjelle
42 The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire: A Useful Tool in Evaluating
Patients with Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome
John Fallon, Danuta I. Bujak, Sara Guardino, and Arthur
Weinstein
48 Position Statement of the American College of Rheumatology Regarding
Referral of Children and Adolescents to Pediatric Rheumatologists
Christy I. Sandborg and Carol A. Wallace, for the Executive Committee
of the American College of Rheumatology Pediatric Section
52 Effects of an Eight-Week Physical Conditioning Program on Disease
Signs and Symptoms in Children with Chronic Arthritis
Susan E. Klepper
61 The Utility of Trained Arthritis Patient Educators in the Evaluation
and Improvement of Musculoskeletal Examination Skills of Physicians in
Training
Valerie Klusas Branch, Glen Graves, Margaret Hanczyc, and
Peter E. Lipsky
REVIEW ARTICLE
70 Development of Persistent Neurologic Symptoms in Patients with Simple
Neck Sprain
Robert Ferrari and Anthony Sciance Russell
77 ANNOUNCEMENTS