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© 1982 British Society for Rheumatology

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A FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF THE RHEUMATOID ELBOW

A. A. AMIS*, S. J. HUGHES, J. H. MILLER and V. WRIGHT

Rheumatism Research Unit, University Department of Medicine, General Infirmary at Leeds, and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

Correspondence to: Requests for reprints to Dr. A.A. Amis.

A clinical and functional study of rheumatoid elbows has been done to discover the magnitude and frequency of disabilities caused by elbow problems. Pain and weakness were found to affect all activities which were tested, with adjacent joint involvement, flexion deformity, and lack of supination causing significant disability. Instability was not a frequent problem. The frequency of functional disabilities, linked to severe pain, suggests that the development of an elbow joint replace-ment would be worthwhile.

*Present address: Biomechanics Section, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7.


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