Journal article
Prevalence, severity, and clinical correlates of pain in patients with systemic sclerosis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Large descriptive studies of pain in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are lacking. The present study estimated prevalence, severity, and associations between SSc clinical variables and pain in all patients with SSc and in limited cutaneous (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous (dcSSc) subsets.
METHODS: Patients enrolled in a multicenter SSc registry (n = 585) completed a standardized clinical assessment and questionnaires about their physical and …
Authors
Schieir O; Thombs BD; Hudson M; Boivin J; Steele R; Bernatsky S; Hanley J; Baron M; Group CSR
Journal
Arthritis Care & Research, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 409–417
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1002/acr.20108
ISSN
2151-464X