Arthropathy in acromegaly: a questionnaire-based estimation of motor disability and its relation with quality of life and work productivity.

L M FattiBiagio CangianoG VitaleL PersaniG MantovaniE SalaM ArosioP MaffeiF DassieM MormandoA GiampietroL TandaE R MasielloE NazzariD FeroneS CorbettaE PasseriF GuaraldiS GrottoliS CannavòM L T TorreD SorannaA ZambonF CavagniniM Scacchinull null

Published in: Pituitary (2020)

The questionnaires VAS, AIMS symptoms, and WOMAC (this latter both as a whole and with its functionality subscale), with their scores, proved to be the most adequate tools to evaluate motor disability and its consequences on both quality of life and work productivity in acromegaly. Female gender and higher BMI are associated with worse articular symptoms.

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