Arthritis Research

CONTENTS: Preface; Rheumatoid Arthritis: Triggering Aetiological Factors and Proposal for Early Treatment (Taha Rashid, Clyde Wilson, Lucy Hughes, Alan Ebringer, King's College London, University College London); New Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches for Spondyloarthritis (Suzanne Sanders, Kenneth J. Hardy and Robert W. McMurray, Montgomery VA Hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center); Current Aspects of Colchicine Therapy -- Classical Indications and New Therapeutic Uses (Uwe Lange, Kerckhoff Clinic and Foundation, Bad Nauheim, Germany); Aquatic Exercise in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Else Marie Bartels, The Danish National Library of Science and Medicine, Copenhagen; Hans Lund and Bente Danneskiold-Samsoe, The Parker Institute, Frederiksberg, Denmark); Exercise for Children with Arthritis (Tim Takken, Janjaap van der Net, Paul J. M. Helders, University Medical Center Utrecht); Physical Function Assessment in Children with Rheumatic Diseases (L. Nandini Moorthy, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Margaret G. E. Peterson and Karen B. Onel, Hospital for Special Surgery; Thomas J. A. Lehman, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery); Management of Osteoarthritis (Jiri Chard, University of Bristol); Etiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Conservative Management of Degenerative Joint Disease (Slavica Jandric, Institute for Rehabilitation; Miroslav Zotovic, Banjaluka, RS, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Index.