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Weather does aggravate joint symptoms: folklore confirmed.(Clinical Rounds)

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| January 01, 2004 | Zoler, Mitchel L. | COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BERLIN -- The old bit of folk wisdom that patients with arthritis can predict weather changes by the aches and pains in their joints may be legitimate after all.

A study of 147 patients showed that substantial changes in pain and functional capacity correlated with changes in temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity, Dr. Jose Verges reported in a poster presentation at the 2003 World Congress on Osteoarthritis.

The next step is to analyze patients' synovial fluid to find a physiologic basis for the association, said Dr. Verges, scientific medical director at Bioiberica, a pharmaceutical company in Barcelona, Spain.

The study ...

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