age
Item
1. age 8 - 16 years.
boolean
C0001779 (UMLS CUI [1])
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Item
2. diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis - based on the revised durban criteria.
boolean
C1444841 (UMLS CUI [1])
polyarticular or pauciarticular course
Item
3. polyarticular or pauciarticular course.
boolean
C3495559 (UMLS CUI [1,1])
C0240789 (UMLS CUI [1,2])
C2931171 (UMLS CUI [2])
stable disease on nsaid and methotrexate
Item
4. stable disease - on a stable dose of nsaid, and if applicable methotrexate or other second line agents - in the preceding month, and judged by the attending rheumatologist to be clinically stable and unlikely to need a change in medication over the course of the trial.
boolean
C0677946 (UMLS CUI [1])
C0003211 (UMLS CUI [2])
C0025677 (UMLS CUI [3])
medications
Item
5. medications. there are no restrictions on medication use for this study; however, every effort is made to keep medication dosage stable over the course of study.
boolean
C0013227 (UMLS CUI [1])
comorbidity with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disease.
Item
1. co-morbidity with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disease.
boolean
C0009488 (UMLS CUI [1])
moderate or severe hip pain while walking or active systemic symptoms
Item
2. moderate or severe hip pain while walking (as judged by the patient and scored on a 4 point scale) or active systemic symptoms (fever, rash).
boolean
C0241727 (UMLS CUI [1])
C2039684 (UMLS CUI [2])
extracurricular physical activity
Item
3. children who engage in more than 3 hours of structured extracurricular physical activity weekly may not show additional gains from fitness training and, therefore, are not studied. children are not otherwise excluded from the study if currently attending a physiotherapy pool program with emphasis on joint range of motion and stretching.
boolean
C0026606 (UMLS CUI [1])
children who are unable to cooperate with testing procedures
Item
4. children who are unable to cooperate with testing procedures.
boolean
C0009488 (UMLS CUI [1,1])
C0392760 (UMLS CUI [1,2])
C0039593 (UMLS CUI [1,3])