ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 2187 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Johannes Roth1, Ciaran M. Duffy2, Tania Bennett1, Marta Erlandson3, Michele Gibbon4, Heather Macdonald5, Douglas Race6, Leanne M. Ward1 and Lori B. Tucker7, 1University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 4Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 6University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 7Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Muscle function can be affected by many chronic disorders of childhood including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Whereas the term “muscle strength” is often used…