"An impediment to living life": why and how should we measure stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica?

"An impediment to living life": why and how should we measure stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica?

To explore patients' concepts of stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), and how they think stiffness should be measured.Eight focus groups were held at three centres involving 50 patients with current/previous PMR. Each group had at least one facilitator and one rapporteur making field note...

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Main Authors: Sarah Louise Mackie, Rodney Hughes, Margaret Walsh, John Day, Marion Newton, Colin Pease, John Kirwan, Marianne Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4425533?pdf=render

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