What does AIMS stand for?

Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale

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Abbreviations: WOMAC = Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis Index AIMS2 = Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales SF-36 = Short Form 36 Health Survey, evaluates health-related quality of life VAS = Visual Analog Scale MACTAR = McMaster/Toronto Assessment Index HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire

Exercise prescription for knee osteoarthritis

Assessment of the patients' arthritis included the use of a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, patient's and physician's global assessment of arthritis, a validated Chinese version of the Oxford Knee Score (COKS), a validated Chine version of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2-short form (CAIMS2-SF), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP).

University of Hong Kong Clinical Study Confirms Efficacy of Lyprinol ...

13b); * functional status measured with the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) (WMD=5.

Ottawa panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for ...

7) that evaluated the sensitivity to change of the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS).

Health status measures: strategies and analytic methods for assessing ...

[14] The Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS2) was used to measure 12 areas of health status, to collect demographic data, and to obtain a measure of the participants' assessment of the functional and psychological impact of OA on their lives.

Mechanical unweighting effects on treadmill exercise and pain in ...

AIMS2: the content and properties of a revised and expanded Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales health status questionnaire.

Arthritis and the process of disablement

New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1987, pp 1-5, 141-66 [2] Meenan RF, Gertman PM, Mason JH: Measuring health status in arthritis: The arthritis impact measurement scales.

Subjective measures and clinical decision making