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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

EDITORIAL

New Policy on Disclosure of Interest for American College of Rheumatology Journals 

David S. Pisetsky, Gene G. Hunder, and Ellen M. Gravallese  149

ORIGINAL ARTICLES 

Autoantibodies

Prevalence of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Patients With Various Pulmonary Diseases or Multiorgan Dysfunction 

Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, John L. Niles, Alexandra Villa-Forte, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Eugene J. Sullivan, Peter A. Merkel, and Gary S. Hoffman  151

Health Services  

The Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire: A New Method to Assess Comorbidity for Clinical and Health Services Research

Oliver Sangha, Gerold Stucki, Matthew H. Liang, Anne H. Fossel, and Jeffrey N. Katz  156

Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults With Arthritis

Dorothy D. Dunlop, Larry M. Manheim, Jing Song, and Rowland W. Chang 164

Inflammatory Myopathy 

Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Polymyositis: A Longitudinal Study of Outcome

Randall W. Johnson, Francis M. Williams, Salahuddin Kazi, Mazen M. Dimachkie, and John D. Reveille  172

Low Back Pain 

Randomized Trial of a Self-Management Program for Primary Care Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: Short-Term Effects

Teresa M. Damush, Morris Weinberger, Susan M. Perkins, Jaya K. Rao, William M. Tierney, Rong Qi, and Daniel O. Clark  179

Rheumatoid Arthritis 

A Prospective Study of Sicca Symptoms in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Johan G. Brun, Tor Magne Madland, and Roland Jonsson  187

Validation of a Novel Satisfaction Questionnaire for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Outpatient Clinical Nurse Specialist Care, Inpatient Care, or Day Patient Team Care 

Gerhardus J. Tijhuis, Kees G. Kooiman, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, J. M. W. Hazes, F. C. Breedveld, and T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland 193

Ethnic Variation in the Clinical Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Role of HLA-DRB1 Alleles 

Inmaculada del Rincon, Daniel F. Battafarano, Ramon A. Arroyo, Frederick T. Murphy, Michael Fischbach, and Agust|fin Escalante 200

Radiographic Damage Associated With Low Bone Mineral Density and Vertebral Deformities in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Oslo-Truro-Amsterdam (OSTRA) Collaborative Study 

Mariette C. Lodder, Glenn Haugeberg, Willem F. Lems, Till Uhlig, Ragnhild E. Orstavik, Piet J. Kostense, Ben A. C. Dijkmans, Tore K. Kvien, and Anthony D. Woolf 209

Declining Use of Orthopedic Surgery in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis? Results of a Long-Term, Population-Based Assessment 

Eleonora da Silva, Michele F. Doran, Cynthia S. Crowson, W. Michael O'Fallon, and Eric L. Matteson  216

Quality of Life, Social Support, and Knowledge of Disease in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis 

Patricia Minnock, Oliver FitzGerald, and Barry Bresnihan  221

REVIEW 

Influence of Sporting Activities on the Development of Osteoarthritis of the Hip: A Systematic Review 

A. M. Lievense, S. M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra, A. P. Verhagen, R. M. D. Bernsen, J. A. N. Verhaar, and B. W. Koes 228

TRAINEE ROUNDS

Rhabdomyolysis and Myalgia Associated With Anticholesterolemic Treatment as Potential Signs of Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility 

S. Guis, D. Bendahan, G. Kozak-Ribbens, D. Figarella-Branger, J. P. Mattei, J. F. Pellissier, S. Treffouret, V. Bernard, A. Lando, and P. J. Cozzone 237

SPECIAL ARTICLES 

Resultant and Local Loading in Models of Joint Disease 

W. Herzog, A. Clark, and J. Wu 239

Rehabilitation Effects on Compensatory Gait Mechanics in People With Arthritis and Strength Impairment 

Chris A. McGibbon, David E. Krebs, and Donna Moxley Scarborough  248

Examination of Exercise Effects on Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes: Why Should the Local Mechanical Environment Be Considered? 

Leena Sharma  255

Work Group Recommendations: 2002 Exercise and Physical Activity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
Session III, Biomechanical Considerations for Exercise  261

Exercise and Inflammatory Disease 

Ronenn Roubenoff 263

Response of Joint Structures to Inactivity and to Reloading After Immobilization

Kenneth D. Brandt  267

Pain in Children With Arthritis: A Review of the Current Literature 

Kelly K. Anthony and Laura E. Schanberg  272

Work Group Recommendations: 2002 Exercise and Physical Activity Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
Session IV, Exercise in the Presence of Rheumatic Disease 280

Cover image: These are award-winning images from the 2002 American College of Rheumatology slide contest. A 40-year-old male with a long history of heavy cigarette smoking presented with a one-month history of ischemic fingertip ulcerations. Angiography of his right upper extremity shows virtually no flow through the radial and musculocutaneous arteries, and markedly diminished flow in the digital arteries consistent with Buerger's Disease.

 Submitted by Marc L. Miller, MD
Portland, Maine