Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
Volume 45, No. 5, October 2001
EDITORIALS
405 New
Series of Articles in Arthritis Care and Research
Gene
G. Hunder
406 Neuropsychiatric
Lupus: Nomenclature, Classification, Criteria, and Other Confusional
States
Alexander
P. Ruggieri
ORIGINAL
ARTICLES
Osteoarthritis
410 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
Systemic
Lupus Erythematosis
419 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
Ankylosing
Spondylitis
424 Work
Disability Among People With Ankylosing Spondylitis
J.
H. Barlow, C. C. Wright, B. Williams, and Andrew Keat
430 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
Medical
Economics
439 Inactivity-Associated
Medical Costs Among US Adults With Arthritis
Guijing
Wang, Charles G. Helmick, Carol Macera, Ping Zhang, and Mike Pratt
446 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
REVIEW
453 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
PRO
AND CON
462 Resolved:
Low-Dose Prednisone Is Indicated as a Standard Treatment in Patients
With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Doyt
L. Conn
468 Resolved:
Low-Dose Glucocorticoids Are Neither Safe Nor Effective for the Long-Term
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kenneth
G. Saag
LETTER
472 Leflunomide
for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comment on the Article
by McMurray
H.
Richard Barthel
9A ANNOUNCEMENTS
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.)
