Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
Volume 45, No. 3, June 2001
EDITORIAL
209 COX-2 Inhibition: An Advance or Only Pharmaceutical
"Hype"?
Lee S. Simon
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
216 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
222 Use of Alternative Therapies by Older Adults With
Osteoarthritis
Scott D. Ramsey, Anna C. Spencer, Tari D. Topolski, Basia
Belza, and Donald L. Patrick
228 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
235 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
240 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
246 Testing the Effectiveness of an Osteoporosis Educational
Program for Nursing Students in Thailand
Noppawan Piaseu, Basia Belza, and Pamela Mitchell
252 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
258 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
263 Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Valued Activities
and Depressive Symptoms?
Patricia P. Katz and Alyson Neugebauer
270 "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
280 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
287 Walking Velocity in Aged Persons: Its Association
With Lower Extremity Joint Range of Motion
Agustín Escalante, Michael J. Lichtenstein, and Helen
P. Hazuda
295 Pre-Appointment Management of New Patient Referrals
in Rheumatology: A Key Strategy for Improving Health Care Delivery
J. Timothy Harrington and Michael B. Walsh
301 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
ERRATUM
306 Error in Figure 2 and in main title in article by
Alarcón et al(Arthritis Care & Research, April 2001, p. 191─202)
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.]
