Is improvement of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis a proper effect of biologics?

Abstract

Background. The objective of our present study is to assess the relation between persistent fatigue and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and its functional impact and to determine if the positive effect of biologics on fatigue is due to good disease response or to a different pathway.

Keywords

• fatigue
• rheumatoid arthritis
• biotherapy