Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Vol. 12, No. 2, April 1999
EDITORIALS
79 The National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health
Strategy for a Looming Epidemic
Robert F. Meenan, Leigh F. Callahan, and Charles G. Helmick
82 What Constitutes a Fibromyalgia Expert?
Daniel J. Wallace
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
85 The Needs of Patients with Arthritis: The Patient’s
Perspective
Carolyn Neville, Paul R. Fortin, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Murray Baron,
Michal Abrahamowitz, Roxane Du Berger, and John M. Esdaile
96 Development and Validation of a Patient Satisfaction Scale
for Musculoskeletal Care
Daniel H. Solomon, David W. Bates, Jan Horsky, Elisabeth Burdick,
Jonathan L. Schaffer, and Jeffrey N. Katz
101 Spouse-Assisted Coping Skills Training in the Management
of Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: Long-Term Followup Results
Francis J. Keefe, David S. Caldwell, Donald Baucom, Al Salley,
Elwood Robinson, Kelly Timmons, Pat Beaupre, James Weisberg, and
Michael Helms
112 The Role of Stress in Functional Disability Among Women
with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Prospective Study
Deborah Da Costa, Patricia L. Dobkin, Louis Pinard, Paul R. Fortin,
Deborah S. Danoff, John M. Esdaile, and Ann E. Clarke
120 A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Exercise and Education
for Individuals with Fibromyalgia
S. E. Gowans, A. deHueck, S. Voss, and M. Richardson
COMMENTARY
129 On the Nature of Rheumatism
Sidney R. Block
REVIEW ARTICLE
139 Joint Deformity and Dysfunction: A Basic Review of Underlying
Mechanisms
Donald A. Neumann
LETTER
142 Why is Methotrexate the First Selection in Disease-Modifying
Antirheumatic Drug Therapy? Comment on the Article by Wolfe et al
Carlo V. Caballero-Uribe
153 ANNOUNCEMENTS
