A review of the evidence for the utility of physical activity monitor use in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Bonny Rockette-Wagner,
Rohit Aggarwal
Abstract:Few proven therapies exist for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), partly due to the lack of reliable and valid outcome measures for assessing treatment responses. The current core set measures developed by the International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies group were developed to standardize assessments of disease activity and treatment effect. None of the current measures address functional improvement in muscle weakness. Therefore, supplemental measures for more objectively asses… Show more
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