Collecting Data for a Rehabilitation Study

Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) need rehabilitation to improve functional limitations and slow disability. But in what doses? Using the FORWARD databank, our next guest Dr. Kaleb Michaud, PhD, identified a cohort and gathered data on rehabilitation dose and their functional outcomes. His study’s objective (titled: “Examining Rehabilitation Dose in Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Association With Baseline Factors and Change in Clinical Outcomes“) determine if there was a meaningful change in physical function, pain and fatigue over a six-month period when evaluating baseline factors and rehabilitation dose. This study, recently published in Arthritis Care & Research is the subject of our discussion today.