Sibley J T
J Rheumatol. 1985 Aug;12(4):707-10.
In a one month prospective, double blind study of 70 patients (35 with rheumatoid arthritis [RA], 35 with osteoarthritis [OA]), severity of rheumatic symptoms was compared to changes in daily weather conditions using a visual analogue scale. The majority of patients (62%) believed that various aspects of weather aggravated their symptoms. There was no difference in age, sex, diagnosis or perceived symptom severity between weather sensitive and weather insensitive patients. No significant correlation was found between symptoms of any patient group or individual and any of 13 combinations of weather features. These results suggest that contrary to the belief of the majority of patients with RA or OA external weather conditions do not significantly influence the day-to-day symptoms of arthritis.
在一项针对70名患者（35名类风湿性关节炎[RA]患者，35名骨关节炎[OA]患者）的为期一个月的前瞻性双盲研究中，使用视觉模拟量表将风湿症状的严重程度与每日天气状况的变化进行了比较。大多数患者（62%）认为天气的各个方面会加重他们的症状。天气敏感型和天气不敏感型患者在年龄、性别、诊断或感知到的症状严重程度方面没有差异。在任何患者组或个体的症状与13种天气特征组合中的任何一种之间均未发现显著相关性。这些结果表明，与大多数RA或OA患者的看法相反，外部天气状况不会显著影响关节炎的日常症状。
