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Volume 12, No. 3 - June 1999

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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

EDITORIAL

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Hypercoagulable States, and Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Robert A. S. Roubey 155

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Quality of Life in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Validation of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2, a Modified Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales Questionnaire

Francis Guillemin, Bruno Challier, Fabienne Urlacher, Guy Vançon, and Jacques Pourel 157

Short-Form Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2: Tests of Reliability and Validity among Patients with Osteoarthritis

Xinhua S. Ren, Lewis Kazis, and Robert F. Meenan 163

Comparison of the Responsiveness and Relative Effect Size of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and the Short Form Medical Outcomes Study Survey in a Randomized, Clinical Trial of Osteoarthritis Patients

Glenn M. Davies, Douglas J. Watson, and Nicholas Bellamy 172

Rheumatologist-Patient Communication about Exercise and Physical Therapy in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Maura Daly Iversen, Anne Holly Fossel, and Lawren Hugh Daltroy 180

Tests of Functional Limitations in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Reliability Study

Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Ulla Svantesson, Jane Carlsson, and Charlotte Ekdahl 193

Development of the Joint Protection Behavior Assessment

Alison Hammond and Nadina Lincoln 200

CONTRIBUTION FROM THE FIELD

Six-Minute Walk Test: A Potential Outcome Measure for Hydrotherapy

S. E. Gowans, A. deHueck, and S. Voss 208

REVIEW ARTICLES

Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of Antiphospholipid Antibody

Khalid Qushmaq, John Esdaile, and Dana V. Devine 212

Quantitative Ultrasound: Is it a Useful Test in Osteoporosis?

Tanveer E. Towheed 220

LETTER

Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, or Should it be Sharp’s Syndrome? Comment on the Article by Farhey and Hess

Ulises Mercado 227

ANNOUNCEMENTS 228