To compare the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Exercise Yijinjing and routine care on hand dysfunction,which is the clinical challenge in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a single- centre,single-blinded, randomized controlled trial will be conducted. Sixty-six RA patients will be randomly allocated (1:1) to treatment with Yijinjing exercise or routine care. The primary outcome is a 10% improvement in the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) at week 12.
This study is a single-blinded, randomized, parallel controlled trial.The purpose of this experiment is to confirm how Yijinjing treatment affects hand function, handgrip strength, pain, morning stiffness, and mood disorder in RA patients compared to routine care.