Patient and physician perspectives of hand function in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients: the impact of disease activity.

Ana K Romero-GuzmánVíctor M Menchaca-TapiaIrazú Contreras-YáñezVirginia Pascual-Ramos

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2016)

Disease activity was associated with hand function impairment in RA patients with variable follow-up. MHQ discriminated poorer hand function in remission patients who otherwise had similar DASH scores as the controls did.

Keyphrases

disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis patients
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
primary care
emergency department
case report