Arthritis Care & Research
Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
Volume 49, No. 3, June 2003
EDITORIAL
281 Consent
to Research in Arthritis: Quantity of Information Versus Quality
Sarah
Hewlett
ORIGINAL
ARTICLES
Antiinflammatory
Therapy
283 The
Cost Effectiveness of Rofecoxib and Celecoxib in Patients With Osteoarthritis
or Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andreas
Maetzel, Murray Krahn, and Gary Naglie
293 The
Effects of Physician Specialty and Patient Comorbidities on the Use
and Discontinuation of Coxibs
Fausto
G. Patino, Jeroan Allison, Jason Olivieri, Amy Mudano, Lucia Juarez,
Sharina Person, Ted R. Mikuls, Larry Moreland, Stacey H. Kovac, and
Kenneth G. Saag
Dermatomyositis
300 US
Incidence of Juvenile Dermatomyositis, 1995-1998: Results From the National
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Registry
Eduardo
P. Mendez, Rebecca Lipton, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Phil Roettcher,
Susan Bowyer, Alan Dyer, and Lauren M. Pachman, for the NIAMS Juvenile
DM Registry Physician Referral Group
Exercise
in Arthritis
306 Exercise-Related
Goals and Self-Efficacy as Correlates of Aquatic Exercise in Individuals
With Arthritis
Nancy
C. Gyurcsik, Paul A. Estabrooks, and Melissa J. Frahm-Templar
Fibromyalgia
314 Operant
Behavioral Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Controlled Study
Kati
Thieme, Erika Gromnica-Ihle, and Herta Flor Hip Dysfunction
321 Promising
Outcome of a Hip School for Patients With Hip Dysfunction
Maria
Klassbo, Gerry Larsson, and Karin Harms-Ringdahl
Infectious
Etiology of Arthritis
328 Bacterial
Components in the Synovial Tissue of Patients With Advanced Rheumatoid
Arthritis or Osteoarthritis: Analysis With Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
and Pan-Bacterial Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tong
Chen, Marja Rimpilainen, Reijo Luukkainen, Timo Mottonen, Tuomas Yli-Jama,
Jari Jalava, Olli Vainio, and Paavo Toivanen Lupus Erythematosus
335 European
Consensus Lupus Activity Measurement Is Sensitive to Change in Disease
Activity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hermine
I. Brunner, Earl D. Silverman, Claire Bombardier, and Brian M. Feldman
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
342 Changes
in Self-Efficacy and Health Status Over 5 Years: A Longitudinal Observational
Study of 306 Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mette
Brekke, Per Hjortdahl, and Tore K. Kvien
349 Development
of a Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gill
Gilworth, M. Anne Chamberlain, Andrew Harvey, Amanda Woodhouse, Jacqui
Smith, M. Glyn Smyth, and Alan Tennant
355 Vertebral
Deformities in 229 Female Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations
With Clinical Variables and Bone Mineral Density
Ragnhild
E. Orstavik, Glenn Haugeberg, Till Uhlig, Jan A. Falch, Johan I. Halse,
Arne H\oiseth, Finn Lilleas, and Tore K. Kvien
361 Informed
Consent in a Clinical Trial of a Novel Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lisa
G. Criscione, Jeremy Sugarman, Linda Sanders, David S. Pisetsky, and
E. William St.Clair
368 A
Comparison of Self-Reports of Distress and Affective Disorder Diagnoses
in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Receiver Operator Characteristic Analysis
Julia
McQuillan, Judith Fifield, T. Joseph Sheehan, Susan Reisine, Howard
Tennen, Victor Hesselbrock, and Naomi Rothfield
377 Effects
of Disease Management Programs on Functional Status of Patients With
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Enkhe
Badamgarav, Joseph D. Croft, Jr., Andriana Hohlbauch, James S. Louie,
James O'Dell, Joshua J. Ofman, Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Arthur Weaver,
Patience White, and Paul Katz, on behalf of the Evidence-Based Medicine
Working Groups in Rheumatology
Vasculitis
388 The
Epidemiology of the Primary Systemic Vasculitides in Northwest Spain:
Implications of the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Definitions
Miguel
A. Gonzalez-Gay, Carlos Garcia-Porrua, Jose Guerrero, Pilar Rodriguez-Ledo,
and Javier Llorca
CASE
REPORT
394 Improvement
in Sjogren's Syndrome Following Therapy With Rituximab for Marginal
Zone Lymphoma
Bradley
G. Somer, Donald E. Tsai, Lisa Downs, Barry Weinstein, and Stephen J.
Schuster
CLINICAL
GUIDELINES
399 Evidence-Based
Guidelines for the Use of Immunologic Tests: Anticentromere, Scl-70,
and Nucleolar Antibodies
John
D. Reveille, Daniel H. Solomon, and The American College of Rheumatology
Ad Hoc Committee on Immunologic Testing Guidelines
REVIEW
413 Aspiration
and Injection Therapies for Joints
H.
Ralph Schumacher, Jr.
TRAINEE
ROUNDS
421 Cerebral
Amyloid Angiopathy Associated With Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous
System: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature
Pascale
Schwab, Hart G. W. Lidov, Richard B. Schwartz, and Ronald J. Anderson
SPECIAL
ARTICLES
428 Evidence
for the Benefit of Aerobic and Strengthening Exercise in Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Christina
H. Stenstrom and Marian A. Minor
435 Exercise
and Fitness in Children With Arthritis: Evidence of Benefits for Exercise
and Physical Activity
Susan
E. Klepper
444 Muscle
Dysfunction and Effective Rehabilitation of Knee Osteoarthritis: What
We Know and What We Need to Find Out
Michael
V. Hurley
453 Work
Group Recommendations: 2002 Exercise and Physical Activity Conference,
St. Louis, Missouri Session V: Evidence of Benefit of Exercise and Physical
Activity in Arthritis
455 Community-Based
Physical Activity Intervention
Patricia
A. Sharpe
463 Arthritis
Foundation Community-Based Physical Activity Programs: Effectiveness
and Implementation Issues
Michele
L. Boutaugh
471 Implementing
the National Arthritis Action Plan: New Population-Based Approaches
to Increasing Physical Activity Among People With Arthritis
Teresa
J. Brady and Joseph E. Sniezek
477 Work
Group Recommendations: 2002 Exercise and Physical Activity Conference,
St. Louis, Missouri Session VI: Population Approaches to Health Promotion
and Disability Prevention Through Physical Activity
477 Erratum
Cover
image: This is an award-winning image from the 2002 American
College of Rheumatology slide contest. This angiogram shows segmental
narrowing of the subclavian artery in a patient with giant cell arteritis
who presented with upper extremity claudication. Submitted by Lawrence
Levin, MD Honolulu, Hawaii.
