Significantly impaired shoulder function in the first years of rheumatoid arthritis: a controlled study.

Summary, in English

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk impaired shoulder function due to the inflammatory process. The knowledge of shoulder function in the early years of the disease is limited. The aim was to compare shoulder function and activity limitation related to the shoulder-arm-hand in women with RA in early disease course compared to age-matched healthy women.

• Author: Annelie Bilberg; Tomas Bremell; Istvan Balogh; Kaisa Mannerkorpi
• Department/s: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Arthritis Research and Therapy
• Volume: 17
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26386673?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0777-0
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Rheumatology and Autoimmunity
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1478-6362