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Arthritis Care & Research

Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology

Volume 49, No. 2, April 2003


EDITORIAL

149 New Policy on Disclosure of Interest for American College of Rheumatology Journals 
David S. Pisetsky, Gene G. Hunder, and Ellen M. Gravallese 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES 

Autoantibodies

151 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 

Health Services  

156 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 

164 Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults With Arthritis
Dorothy D. Dunlop, Larry M. Manheim, Jing Song, and Rowland W. Chang 

Inflammatory Myopathy 

172 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 

Low Back Pain 

179 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 

Rheumatoid Arthritis 

187 A Prospective Study of Sicca Symptoms in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Johan G. Brun, Tor Magne Madland, and Roland Jonsson 

193 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 

200 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 

209 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

216 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 

221 Quality of Life, Social Support, and Knowledge of Disease in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Patricia Minnock, Oliver FitzGerald, and Barry Bresnihan 

REVIEW 

228 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 

TRAINEE ROUNDS

237 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

SPECIAL ARTICLES 

239 Resultant and Local Loading in Models of Joint Disease 
W. Herzog, A. Clark, and J. Wu 

248 Rehabilitation Effects on Compensatory Gait Mechanics in People With Arthritis and Strength Impairment 
Chris A. McGibbon, David E. Krebs, and Donna Moxley Scarborough 

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

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

263 Exercise and Inflammatory Disease 
Ronenn Roubenoff 

267 Response of Joint Structures to Inactivity and to Reloading After Immobilization
Kenneth D. Brandt 

272 Pain in Children With Arthritis: A Review of the Current Literature 
Kelly K. Anthony and Laura E. Schanberg 

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

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