Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) constitute a set of connective tissue disorders and
dysfunctions with akin clinical manifestations and autoantibody responses. AIRD treatment …

Background Rheumatic diseases (RD) are a group of multi-system inflammatory
autoimmune diseases whose causes are still under study. In the past few decades …

Objective To evaluate key factors for presenteeism and activity impairment in multinational
patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) and recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). Methods In …

Background Physical activity (PA) may improve work ability and health in individuals with hip
and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). The use of wearable activity trackers (WATs) has been …

Objectives To document the work situation, the work ability and the expectation of returning
to work among adult patients with systemic autoimmune myopathies (SAMs), and to identify …

Systemic vasculitides are the most complex and problematic autoimmune rheumatic
diseases characterized by affections of large, medium, or small vessels. Although the …

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which is
associated with low levels of physical activity (PA). However, the factors related to low …

Aim Existing studies on the cost of inflammatory arthritis (IA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are often
crosssectional and/or involve patients with various disease durations, thus not providing a …

Background To evaluate the impact of tanezumab on health status, non-work activities, and
work productivity in a pooled analysis of two large phase 3 osteoarthritis (OA) studies …

Introduction Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent condition with a
substantial impact on work ability and health. Physical activity (PA) is a part of the core …