Similar negative effects of fatigue on physical activity in persons with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls: results of a cross-sectional patient-control study.

Maartje Cox, Sofia Ramiro, Kyra Theunissen, Kenneth Meijer, Annick Timmermans, Annelies Boonen, Guy Plasqui

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Article in EULAR rheumatology open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maartje CoxDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Sofia RamiroDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Kyra TheunissenDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Kenneth MeijerDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Annick TimmermansREVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, REVAL, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.

Annelies BoonenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Guy PlasquiDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate objectively measured physical activity (PA) patterns and the association between PA and self-reported fatigue in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (pwRA), as compared with healthy controls (HCs). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 23 pwRA (Disease Activity Score 28 > 2.6, 52 ± 13 years, 20 females) and 18 HCs (52 ± 10 years, 14 females) wore an ActiGraph wGT3X-BT tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph LLC) on 1 ankle for at least 4 days. Accelerometer-based outcomes were vector magnitude counts/min (VM Results: The VM Conclusions: Persons with RA performed less PA than HC. Fatigue had a similarly negative effect on PA in pwRA and HC.

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PMID42540095

DOI10.1016/j.ero.2026.100185

PMCPMC13425159

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