Return to Arthritis Care & Research Table of Contents Page

Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

EDITORIALS

New Series of Articles in Arthritis Care and Research

Gene G. Hunder 405

Neuropsychiatric Lupus: Nomenclature, Classification, Criteria, and Other Confusional States

Alexander P. Ruggieri 406

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Osteoarthritis

Task Independence, Safety, and Adequacy Among Nondisabled and Osteoarthritis-Disabled Older Women

Joan C. Rogers, Margo B. Holm, Scott Beach, Richard Schulz, and Terence W. Starz 410

Systemic Lupus Erythematosis

Validity of the New American College of Rheumatology Criteria for Neuropsychiatric Lupus Syndromes: A Population-Based Evaluation

Hanna Ainiala, Aki Hietaharju, Jukka Loukkola, Jukka Peltola, Markku Korpela, Riina Metsanoja, and Anssi Auvinen 419

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Work Disability Among People With Ankylosing Spondylitis

J. H. Barlow, C. C. Wright, B. Williams, and Andrew Keat 424

Combined Spa-Exercise Therapy Is Effective in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Astrid van Tubergen, Robert Landewe, Desiree van der Heijde, Alita Hidding, Nico Wolter, Max Asscher, Albrecht Falkenbach, Ekkehard Genth, Henk Goei The, and Sjef van der Linden 430

Medical Economics

Inactivity-Associated Medical Costs Among US Adults With Arthritis

Guijing Wang, Charles G. Helmick, Carol Macera, Ping Zhang, and Mike Pratt 439

The Economic Impact of a Multifactorial Intervention to Improve Postoperative Rehabilitation of Hip Fracture Patients

Hirsch S. Ruchlin, Elena B. Elkin, and John P. Allegrante 446

REVIEW

The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC): A Review of Its Utility and Measurement Properties

Sara McConnell, Pamela Kolopack, and Aileen M. Davis 453

PRO AND CON

Resolved: Low-Dose Prednisone Is Indicated as a Standard Treatment in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Doyt L. Conn 462

Resolved: Low-Dose Glucocorticoids Are Neither Safe Nor Effective for the Long-Term Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Kenneth G. Saag 468

LETTER

Leflunomide for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comment on the Article by McMurray

H. Richard Barthel 472

ANNOUNCEMENTS 9A

Cover Illustration: Photograph of Asclepius, the ancient Greek and Roman healing god. This second-century Roman statue is now at the Fontana d'Esculapio (Fountain of Asclepius) in the Borghese Gardens in Rome. Notice the single snake (badly damaged) wrapped around the god's staff, in contrast to the double-snake in the `Caduceus' symbol used more commonly in modern medicine.

(Reproduced with permission from the photographer, Prof. Felix Just, S.J., Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.)