50th Year of Publication: Revisiting the 1980s

As I mentioned in my editorial appearing in this year’s January issue, 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Journal of Rheumatology .1 Over the course of the year, I will be highlighting articles published in The Journal that have been important publications in terms of their influence on the practice of rheumatology. In this month’s edition, I have selected 3 articles published in The Journal during the 1980s that I feel were, and continue to be, important to rheumatologists and therefore worthy of a second look by you, the readers. These are (1) a validation study of WOMAC by Bellamy et al2; (2) a description of 9 patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome by Alarcon-Segovia and Sanchez-Guerrero3; and (3) a study introducing the Arthritis Helplessness Index by Nicassio et al.4 The article … Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Rheumatology, 365 Bloor Street East, Suite 901, Toronto, ON M4W 3L4, Canada. Email: esilverman{at}jrheum.com.