TY - JOUR AU - Adams, Jo AU - Bridle, Chris AU - Dosanjh, Sukhdeep AU - Heine, Peter AU - Lamb, Sarah E. AU - Lord, Joanne AU - McConkey, Christopher AU - Nichols, Vivien AU - Toye, Francine AU - Underwood, Martin R. AU - Williams, Mark A. AU - Williamson, Esther M. AU - Sarah Trial Team PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/24 TI - Strengthening and stretching for rheumatoid arthritis of the hand (SARAH): design of a randomised controlled trial of a hand and upper limb exercise intervention - ISRCTN89936343 JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 230 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) commonly affects the hands and wrists with inflammation, deformity, pain, weakness and restricted mobility leading to reduced function. The effectiveness of exercise for RA hands is uncertain, although evidence from small scale studies is promising. The Strengthening And Stretching for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand (SARAH) trial is a pragmatic, multi-centre randomised controlled trial evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of adding an optimised exercise programme for hands and upper limbs to best practice usual care for patients with RA. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-230 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-13-230 ID - Adams2012 ER -