The disablement process in rheumatoid arthritis

Escalante, Agustín; Rincón, Inmaculada del

doi:10.1002/art.10418

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“…The importance of pain in predicting disability is in concordance with the findings of Sokka et al (40) and sustains the concept of a pain R disability pathway (41). Although disease activity statistically significantly contributed to disability, we could not confirm that disease activity is the main determinant of functional capacity throughout the course of RA (34).…”

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confidence: 65%

Disability and health‐related quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with radiographic joint damage, disease activity, pain, and depressive symptoms

Rupp

Boshuizen

Dinant

et al. 2006

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

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confidence: 65%

Disability and health‐related quality of life among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with radiographic joint damage, disease activity, pain, and depressive symptoms

Rupp

Boshuizen

Dinant

et al. 2006

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

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“…Fatigue is common in patients affected by various chronic medical conditions with a low physical activity. For example, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM), reduced levels of fatigue were reported in association with a higher daily physical activity [3,6] . In patients with RA, fatigue can be associated not only with the inflammation per se, but especially with pain, disability, anxiety, depressive thoughts, reduced self-efficacy, feelings of helplessness, sleep disturbances, and limitations in social functioning.…”

Section: Rheumatic Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of exercise on physical limitations and fatigue in rheumatic diseases

Musumeci

2015

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Physical activity covers not just sports but also simple everyday movements such as housework, walking and playing. Regular exercise has a great importance in maintaining good health, indeed inactivity is a risk factor for different chronic diseases. Physical exercise can play a crucial role in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, optimizing both physical and mental health, enhancing energy, decreasing fatigue and improving sleep. An exercise program for patients with rheumatic diseases aims to preserve or restore a range of motion of the affected joints, to increase muscle strength and endurance, and to improve mood and decrease health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle. In this editorial I describe the benefits of the exercise on physical limitations and fatigue in rheumatic diseases that seem to have a short and long-term effectiveness. A literature review was conducted on PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar using appropriate keywords based on the present editorial.

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“…Little attention, however, has been given to the role that anxiety, depression or somatization play in the HRQOL of glaucoma patients [18,20]. Finally, in patients with established rheumatologic diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis or systemic lupus erythematosus), depression and general psychologic distress are independent correlates of impaired HRQOL [21][22][23][24][25], but somatization has not been studied in this context, in contrast to fibromyalgia.…”

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confidence: 99%