Research ArticleArticle
Stiffness Is the Cardinal Symptom of Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Diseases, Yet Still Variably Measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group
Serena Halls, Premarani Sinnathurai, Sarah Hewlett, Sarah L. Mackie, Lyn March, Susan J. Bartlett, Clifton O. Bingham III, Rieke Alten, Ina Campbell, Catherine L. Hill, Robert J. Holt, Rod Hughes, John R. Kirwan, Amye L. Leong, Ying Ying Leung, Anne Lyddiatt, Lorna Neill and Ana-Maria Orbai
The Journal of Rheumatology December 2016, jrheum.161073; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161073
Serena Halls
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Premarani Sinnathurai
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Sarah Hewlett
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Sarah L. Mackie
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Lyn March
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Susan J. Bartlett
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Clifton O. Bingham III
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Rieke Alten
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Ina Campbell
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Catherine L. Hill
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Robert J. Holt
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Rod Hughes
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
John R. Kirwan
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Amye L. Leong
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Ying Ying Leung
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Anne Lyddiatt
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Lorna Neill
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
Ana-Maria Orbai
From the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds; Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Chertsey; Patient Research Partner PMR-GCA Scotland, Forest Lodge, Foulden, Berwickshire, UK; Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District; Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales; University of Sydney, Sydney; Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide; Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, Montreal, Québec; Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto; Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade, Santa Barbara, California, USA; Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Horizon Pharma LTD, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Attendance to OMERACT of 1 working group fellow and 1 patient research partner was supported by a research grant (to OMERACT) from Horizon Pharma. As part of the supplement series OMERACT 13, this report was reviewed internally and approved by the Guest Editors for integrity, accuracy, and consistency with scientific and ethical standards. S. Halls, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; P. Sinnathurai, BSc(Med) MBBS, FRACP, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S. Hewlett, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England; S.L. Mackie, BM, BCh, PhD, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine; L. March, MD, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District, and Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, and University of Sydney; S.J. Bartlett, MD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Rheumatology, and Division Respiratory Epidemiology, McGill University/McGill University Health Centers, and Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; C.O. Bingham III, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; R. Alten, MD, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin; I. Campbell, BEd LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; C.L. Hill, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, Staff Specialist, Rheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; R.J. Holt, PharmD, MBA, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Horizon Pharma LTD; R. Hughes, MA, MD, FRCP, Department of Rheumatology, Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust; J.R. Kirwan, MD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England, and University of Bristol Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary; A.L. Leong, MBA, Patient Partner, Healthy Motivation and Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health the Bone and Joint Decade; Y.Y. Leung, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; A. Lyddiatt, Patient Research Partner, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Institute of Population Health; L.M. Neill, BSc, CPhys, MInstP, Patient Research Partner, Trustee and Secretary, PMR-GCA Scotland; A.M. Morbai, MD, MHS, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Halls, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK. E-mail: serena.halls@uwe.ac.uk
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 4
1 Apr 2024
Stiffness Is the Cardinal Symptom of Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Diseases, Yet Still Variably Measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group
Serena Halls, Premarani Sinnathurai, Sarah Hewlett, Sarah L. Mackie, Lyn March, Susan J. Bartlett, Clifton O. Bingham, Rieke Alten, Ina Campbell, Catherine L. Hill, Robert J. Holt, Rod Hughes, John R. Kirwan, Amye L. Leong, Ying Ying Leung, Anne Lyddiatt, Lorna Neill, Ana-Maria Orbai
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2016, jrheum.161073; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.161073
Stiffness Is the Cardinal Symptom of Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Diseases, Yet Still Variably Measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group
Serena Halls, Premarani Sinnathurai, Sarah Hewlett, Sarah L. Mackie, Lyn March, Susan J. Bartlett, Clifton O. Bingham, Rieke Alten, Ina Campbell, Catherine L. Hill, Robert J. Holt, Rod Hughes, John R. Kirwan, Amye L. Leong, Ying Ying Leung, Anne Lyddiatt, Lorna Neill, Ana-Maria Orbai
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2016, jrheum.161073; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.161073