ArticleClinical rheumatology2019
Brief report: the disability of chronic chikungunya arthritis.
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- Assessing chikungunya's economic burden and impact on health-related quality of life: Two systematic literature reviews.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Analyzing Upper Extremity Disability From Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Chikungunya: A Biopsychosocial Approach.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Observational
- Unveiling Clinical Phenotypes in Chronic Chikungunya Disease: Insights from a Brazilian Observational Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Article
- The potential inhibitory mechanism of EGCG against the Chikungunya virus targeting non-structural protein 2 through molecular dynamics simulation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Therapy for Chikungunya Arthritis: A Study of 133 Brazilian Patients.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Chronic Chikungunya Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: What They Have in Common.The American journal of medicine · 2020Review
- Classification of chikungunya cases: a proposal.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2020Article
- Newer rehabilitation therapies: strategies in chikungunya chronic arthralgia.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2020Article
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Abstract
In 50% of patients, chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is followed by arthritic pain that is often chronic, painful, and disabling. To better define the spectrum of pain and disability in chronic CHIK arthritis (CCA), we evaluated 35 consecutive CCA patients seen in a Brazilian rheumatology clinic, using a pain Visual Analog Scale and the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index. In our patients, pain and disability levels were of the same magnitude as are seen in other serious rheumatic diseases. The mean score for 19 patients with moderate disability was 1.42± 0.20 (median 1.37). The median HAQ-DI score for the entire group was 1.25. These findings underscore the morbidity imposed by CCA and the urgent need for improvements in management.
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