Functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis admitted for multidisciplinary rehabilitation from 1992 to 2009

Abstract

The level of functional disability of RA patients admitted for multidisciplinary rehabilitation decreased between 1992 and 2001. The magnitude of improvement in functional ability during admission was in the same range in all three periods. These results suggest that in the era of MTX and biologics there are patients with RA who have considerable disability and benefit from multidisciplinary rehabilitation.