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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Cost Effectiveness of Combined Spa-Exercise Therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Astrid van Tubergen, Annelies Boonen, Robert Landewe, Maureen Rutten-van Molken, Desiree van der Heijde, Alita Hidding, and Sjef van der Linden 459

Osteoarthritis

Usefulness of an Insole With Subtalar Strapping for Analgesia in Patients With Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Yoshitaka Toda and Neil Segal 468

Living Well Through Chronic Illness: The Relevance of Virtue Theory to Patients With Chronic Osteoarthritis

Teresa L. Swift, Richard E. Ashcroft, Win Tadd, Alastair V. Campbell, and Paul A. Dieppe 474

Kinesthesia at the Knee: The Effect of Osteoarthritis and Bandage Application

Bronwen A. Hewitt, Kathryn M. Refshauge, and Sharon L. Kilbreath 479

Locomotor Deficits Before and Two Months After Knee Arthroplasty

Denise Ouellet and Helene Moffet Patient Satisfaction 484

Determinants of Patient Satisfaction in Chronic Illness

Michelle Bidaut-Russell, Sherine E. Gabriel, Christopher G. Scott, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Harvinder S. Luthra, and Barbara Yawn 494

Pediatric Rheumatology

Minimal Difference in Pain Associated With Change in Quality of Life in Children With Rheumatic Disease

Sonny Dhanani, Josee Quenneville, Megan Perron, Mohamed Abdolell, and Brian M. Feldman 501

Psoriatic Arthritis

Open-Label Study of Infliximab Treatment for Psoriatic Arthritis: Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurements of Reduction of Inflammation

Christian Antoni, Claudia Dechant, P. D. Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Joerg Wendler, Alexandra Ogilvie, Mathias Lueftl, Dolores Kalden-Nemeth, Joachim R. Kalden, and Bernhard Manger 506

Rotator Cuff Syndrome

Comparison of Clinical and Patient-Based Measures to Assess Medium-Term Outcomes Following Shoulder Surgery for Disorders of the Rotator Cuff

Jill Dawson, Graham Hill, Ray Fitzpatrick, and Andrew Carr Sjogren's Syndrome 513

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Lymphocytic Foci in Minor Salivary Glands of Healthy Volunteers

Lida Radfar, David E. Kleiner, Philip C. Fox, and Stanley R. Pillemer 520

Rheumatoid Arthritis

A Randomized Comparison of Care Provided by a Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Inpatient Team, and a Day Patient Team in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Gerhardus J. Tijhuis, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Wilbert B. van den Hout, Ferdinand C. Breedveld, and Theodora P. M. Vliet Vlieland 525

Contribution of Progression of Erosive Damage in Previously Eroded Joints in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Trials: COBRA Trial as an Example

Karin Bruynesteyn, Desiree van der Heijde, Maarten Boers, Arco Verhoeven, Annelies Boonen, and Sjef van der Linden, for the COBRA Trial Group 532

The Rheumatoid Hand: A Predictable Disease With Unpredictable Surgical Practice Patterns

Amy K. Alderman, Kevin C. Chung, Sonya Demonner, Sandra V. Spilson, and Rodney A. Hayward 537

CASE REPORT

Identical Twins With Macrophagic Myofasciitis: Genetic Susceptibility and Triggering by Aluminic Vaccine Adjuvants?

S. Guis, J. P. Mattei, F. Nicoli, J. F. Pellissier, G. Kaplanski, D. Figarella-Branger, G. C. Manez, G. M. Antipoff, and J. Roudier 543

SPECIAL ARTICLE

Guidelines for Immunologic Laboratory Testing in the Rheumatic Diseases: Anti-DNA Antibody Tests

Arthur F. Kavanaugh, Daniel H. Solomon, and the American College of Rheumatology Ad Hoc Committee on Immunologic Testing Guidelines 546

REVIEW

Prognostic Factors of Progress of Hip Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review

A. M. Lievense, S. M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, A. P. Verhagen, J. A. N. Verhaar, and B. W. Koes 556

UPDATE

Update on Gout

Naomi Schlesinger and H. Ralph Schumacher, Jr. 563

LETTERS

Comment on Alternative Medicine and The Arthritis Foundation

Edzard Ernst 566

Reply

Donald M. Marcus 566

A Reply to the Comments on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use and Fibromyalgia

R. Poyhia, D. Da Costa, and M-A. Fitzcharles 566

Orlistat-Induced Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Carlos Garcia-Porrua, Mercedes Lueiro, and Maria L. Fernandez 567

ANNOUNCEMENTS 16A

Cover image: These are award-winning images from the 2001 American College of Rheumatology slide contest. The magnetic resonance image shows a mass within the pituitary gland of a 72-year-old female with biopsy-proven Wegener's granulomatosis involving the lungs, kidneys, and sinuses. Laboratory evaluation showed evidence of anterior hypopituitarism. Histologic examination (medium power) of the mass after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy demonstrated necrotizing granulomatous inflammation consistent with Wegener's granulomatosis. Pituitary involvement in Wegener's is an uncommon occurrence, and anterior pituitary involvement is less common than posterior involvement.

Kenneth J. Warrington, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota