In Patients with Established RA, Positive Effects of a Randomised Three Month WBV Therapy Intervention on Functional Ability, Bone Mineral Density and Fatigue Are Sustained for up to Six Months.

Unlabelled: Functional ability is often impaired for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), rendering these patients highly sedentary. Additionally, patients with RA often take medication known to negatively affect bone mass. Thus improving functional ability and bone health in this group of patients is important.

Effect of human immunodeficiency virus infection on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective study in South Africans.

Objective: To determine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: A retrospective records review of patients who contracted HIV infection subsequent to RA diagnosis (HIV group), compared to an HIV-negative group of patients with RA (control group), for 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) scores at initial presentation (T0) and last clinic visit (TL), and at diagnosis of HIV infection (TH) in the HIV group.

Results: Of 1712 patients with RA, 85 were HIV-positive (4.