J Rheumatol
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
The efficacy and tolerability of aceclofenac in the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a multicenter controlled clinical trial. Aceclofenac Indomethacin Study Group.
To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of aceclofenac, a new nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). ⋯ Aceclofenac and indomethacin did not differ with respect to efficacy in the treatment of active AS, although aceclofenac was slightly better tolerated.
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Physical and psychosocial disability in elderly subjects in relation to pain in the hip and/or knee.
To determine physical and psychosocial disability in subjects aged 55 to 74 years living in the community, in relation to pain in the hip and/or knee, and to explore the relationships between pain, physical and psychosocial disability, and selected background variables. ⋯ Subjects with more chronic (and severe) pain in the hip and/or knee had relatively high levels of physical as well as psychosocial disability, compared to a reference group without any signs of OA. Pain chronicity had no significant contribution to physical disability, if corrected for other factors. Both forms of disability in subjects with pain were better predicted by ROA and by problems other than pain in the hip or knee alone, than by the chronicity of the pain.
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To validate a translated version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) to be used by Hebrew speaking populations. ⋯ The FIQ is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring functional disability and health status in Israeli women with FM.