Clinical Trial: Kinesiophobia in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Functional Disability, Disease Activity, and Related Clinical Factors

U.S., Feb. 28 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07435272) titled 'Kinesiophobia in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Functional Disability, Disease Activity, and Related Clinical Factors' on Feb. 20.

Brief Summary: Objectives: Impairment of physical function is a core feature of RA, particularly in patients with high disease activity where pain and inflammation directly limit movement. but, Reduced mobility in RA is not exclusively driven by inflammatory pathology. There are non-inflammatory factors, including kinesiophobia, fatigue, depression, and anxiety, may significantly contribute to functional limitation and may initiate a self-perpetuating cycle in which movement avoidance leads to p...