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10952748

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
OBJECTIVES: The reliability and discriminative capacity of hand function tests were studied in order to obtain tests suitable for the evaluation of local treatment of an arthritic metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. METHODS: To assess reliability, hand function tests were measured twice without local treatment of the MCP in 25 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The discriminative capacity of the hand function tests with respect to the results of intra-articular corticosteroid injection was assessed in 28 RA patients with synovitis of an MCP joint. Thereafter, a randomized, observer-blind treatment study was performed in 21 RA patients with synovitis of an MCP joint; 10 of the patients were treated. Results/Conclusions. This study showed that the efficacy of treatment of an MCP joint can be measured by several reliable and discriminative parameters: passive flexion, the Ritchie pain score, swelling, the Arthritis Impact Measurements Scales question about buttoning clothes, and visual analogue scale questions about the activity of the disease and swelling of the joint.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1462-0324
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
909-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-3-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Reliability and sensitivity to change of various measures of hand function in relation to treatment of synovitis of the metacarpophalangeal joint in rheumatoid arthritis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Rheumatology and. Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial