outcome measures and polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) Archives

Abstract Number: 208 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Outcome of Muscle Function and Disease Activity in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis – Preliminary Results of a 1-Year Follow-up Registry Study
Helene Alexanderson¹, Jenny Bergegård², Christina Ottosson³, Maryam Dastmalchi⁴ and Ingrid E. Lundberg⁵, ¹Dept of Neuroscience, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Physical Therapy, Orthopedic/Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Solna, Unit of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Most patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) develop sustained muscle impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the muscle endurance (Functional…

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