Non-pharmacologic treatment

Telephone-delivered exercise and cognitive behavioral interventions improve fatigue severity and impact versus usual care in people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases, LIFT study data show.

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation leads to early and sustained clinically relevant improvements in health-related quality of life among patients with systemic sclerosis, study findings indicate.

Research indicates that a home-based, self-management program that promotes easy hand exercises and gives direction on moisturizing and warming effectively reduces pain and improves function in the hands of patients with systemic sclerosis.

An analysis of percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes among people with rheumatic diseases suggests that those with systemic sclerosis have an elevated risk for multiple in-hospital complications, while patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have an increased bleeding risk.

A 12-week program of arm- and hand-strengthening and stretching exercises significantly improves function, dexterity, performance of daily activities, and quality of life in people with systemic lupus erythematosus, research shows.

Daniel Furst and Nihal Fathi present a case of a patient with diffuse systemic sclerosis who undergoes autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after failing two other therapies.

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Bae SC, Lee YH. Clin Rheumatol 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4278-9