Table 4.

Rehabilitation interventions for the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Recommendation	Certainty of Evidence	Based on the Evidence Report of the Following PICO(s)	Page no(s) of Evidence Table(s) in Suppl. App. 3*
Participation in comprehensive occupational therapy is conditionally recommended over no comprehensive occupational therapy.	Very low	17	419–437
Participation in comprehensive physical therapy is conditionally recommended over no comprehensive physical therapy.	Very low	18	438–453
For patients with hand involvement, performing hand therapy exercises is conditionally recommended over no hand therapy exercises.	Low	8	355–378
For patients with hand and/or wrist involvement and/or deformity, use of splinting, orthoses, and/or compression is conditionally recommended over no splinting, orthoses, and/or compression.	Very low	9	379–386
For patients with foot and/or ankle involvement, use of bracing, orthoses, and/or taping is conditionally recommended over no bracing, orthoses, and/or compression.	Very low	10	387–408
For patients with knee involvement, use of bracing and/or orthoses is conditionally recommended over no bracing and/or orthoses.	No studies met eligibility criteria	11	409
Use of joint protection techniques is conditionally recommended over no joint protection techniques.	Low	12	410–413
Use of activity pacing, energy conservation, activity modification, and/or fatigue management is conditionally recommended over no activity pacing, energy conservation, activity modification, and/or fatigue management.	No studies met eligibility criteria	13	415
Use of assistive devices is conditionally recommended over no assistive devices.	No studies met eligibility criteria	14	416
Use of adaptive equipment is conditionally recommended over no adaptive equipment.	No studies met eligibility criteria	15	417
Use of environmental adaptations is conditionally recommended over no environmental adaptations.	No studies met eligibility criteria	16	418
For patients who are currently employed or desire to become employed, use of vocational rehabilitation is conditionally recommended over no work interventions.	No studies met eligibility criteria	21	510
For patients who are currently employed or desire to become employed, work site evaluations and/or modifications are conditionally recommended over no work site evaluations and/or modifications.	Low	22	511–517

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Intervention definitions and examples are provided in Table 1.