Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Vol. 12, No. 3, June 1999
EDITORIAL
155 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Hypercoagulable States,
and Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Robert A. S. Roubey
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
157 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
163 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
172 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
180 Rheumatologist-Patient Communication about Exercise and
Physical Therapy in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Maura Daly Iversen, Anne Holly Fossel, and Lawren Hugh Daltroy
193 Tests of Functional Limitations in Fibromyalgia Syndrome:
A Reliability Study
Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Ulla Svantesson, Jane Carlsson, and Charlotte
Ekdahl
200 Development of the Joint Protection Behavior Assessment
Alison Hammond and Nadina Lincoln
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE FIELD
208 Six-Minute Walk Test: A Potential Outcome Measure for
Hydrotherapy
S. E. Gowans, A. deHueck, and S. Voss
REVIEW ARTICLES
212 Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of
Antiphospholipid Antibody
Khalid Qushmaq, John Esdaile, and Dana V. Devine
220 Quantitative Ultrasound: Is it a Useful Test in
Osteoporosis?
Tanveer E. Towheed
LETTER
227 Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, or Should it be Sharp’s
Syndrome? Comment on the Article by Farhey and Hess
Ulises Mercado
228 ANNOUNCEMENTS
