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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
EDITORIAL
COX-2 Inhibition: An Advance or Only Pharmaceutical "Hype"?
Lee S. Simon 209
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Identification of Case Complexity and Increased Health Care Utilization in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nathalie Koch, Friedrich Stiefel, Peter de Jonge, Jaap Fransen, Anne-Marie Chamot, Jean-Charles Gerster, Frits Huyse, and Alexander K.-L. So 216
Use of Alternative Therapies by Older Adults With Osteoarthritis
Scott D. Ramsey, Anna C. Spencer, Tari D. Topolski, Basia Belza, and Donald L. Patrick 222
Primary Care-Based Physical Activity Programs: Effectiveness in Sedentary Older Patients With Osteoarthritis Symptoms
Julie Halbert, Maria Crotty, David Weller, Michael Ahern, and Christopher Silagy 228
Tendon Disorders Attributed to Fluoroquinolones: A Study on 42 Spontaneous Reports in the Period 1988 to 1998
Paul D. van der Linden, Eugène P. van Puijenbroek, Johan Feenstra, Bas A. in ‘t Veld, Miriam C. J. M. Sturkenboom, Ron M. C. Herings, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, and Bruno H. Ch. Stricker 235
The Effectiveness and Toxicity of Cyclosporin A in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Longitudinal Analysis of a Population-Based Registry
Carlo A. Marra, John M. Esdaile, Daphne Guh, Janet H. Fisher, Andrew Chalmers, and Aslam H. Anis 240
Testing the Effectiveness of an Osteoporosis Educational Program for Nursing Students in Thailand
Noppawan Piaseu, Basia Belza, and Pamela Mitchell 246
Differential Efficacy of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition in the Management of Inflammatory Eye Disease and Associated Rheumatic Disease
Justine R. Smith, Ralph D. Levinson, Gary N. Holland, Douglas A. Jabs, Michael R. Robinson, Scott M. Whitcup, and James T. Rosenbaum 252
Comparative Responsiveness of Measures of Pain and Function After Total Hip Replacement
Anna-K. Nilsdotter, Ewa M. Roos, Jonas P. Westerlund, Harald P. Roos, and L. Stefan Lohmander 258
Does Satisfaction With Abilities Mediate the Relationship Between the Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Valued Activities and Depressive Symptoms?
Patricia P. Katz and Alyson Neugebauer 263
"Are You Better?" A Qualitative Study of the Meaning of Recovery
D. E. Beaton, V. Tarasuk, J. N. Katz, J. G. Wright, and C. Bombardier 270
Rheumatology Outpatient Nurse Clinics: A Valuable Addition?
Denise Temmink, Jack B. F. Hutten, Anneke L. Francke, Johannes J. Rasker, Huda Huijer Abu-Saad, and Jouke van der Zee 280
Walking Velocity in Aged Persons: Its Association With Lower Extremity Joint Range of Motion
Agustín Escalante, Michael J. Lichtenstein, and Helen P. Hazuda 287
Pre-Appointment Management of New Patient Referrals in Rheumatology: A Key Strategy for Improving Health Care Delivery
J. Timothy Harrington and Michael B. Walsh 295
Living With Osteoarthritis: Patient Expenditures, Health Status, and Social Impact
Helen M. Lapsley, Lyn M. March, Kate L. Tribe, Marita J. Cross, and Peter M. Brooks 301
ERRATUM
Error in Figure 2 and in main title in article by Alarcón et al(Arthritis Care & Research, April 2001, p. 191–202) 306
Cover illustration: From the Roman period of ancient Egypt comes this fragment of papyrus bearing what appears to be a doctor’s prescription for an antiseptic ointment. Written in Greek, the prescription calls for litharge-lead monoxide-a substance that both Celsus and Pliny recognized as having properties that reduced inflammation and promoted healing (although a century earlier the Roman engineer Vitruvius had warned about the dangers of lead exposure, having observed signs of anemia in lead factory workers). The study of Egyptian mummies has revealed a number of illnesses that would have occupied the ancient physicians, including osteoarthritis, tuberculosis of the bone, gout, and rheumatoid arthritis, and Pliny’s recommendation of litharge for treating ulcers of the skin and cornea suggests a concern with systemic diseases.
[Reproduced with permission of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Papyrus Collection, Duke University.]
