{"id":300,"date":"2017-12-14T15:14:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/myositis-library\/published-research\/general-myositis-studies\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:52:59","slug":"general-myositis-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/myositis-library\/published-research\/general-myositis-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"General Myositis Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The following curated list of published research, including papers related to TMA-funded research projects, is intended to serve as a resource related to inflammatory myopathies.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2025<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ohnishi T, Wilkerson J, Bayat N, Farhadi PN, Faiq A, Dillon CF, Schiffenbauer A, Parks CG, Brunner HI, Goldberg B, Miller FW, Rider LG. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Ohnishi-Infections-in-Myositis-Phenotypes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infections preceding diagnosis associated with myositis phenotypes in a national patient registry (MYOVISION)<\/a>. <em>Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology<\/em> 2025; 43: 1204\u20131212. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55563\/clinexprheumatol\/tjpsdy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2024<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saygin D, Werth V, Paik J, Park JK, Needham M, Lundberg IE, Christopher-Stine L<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2023-Current-myositis-clinical-trials-and-tribulations-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Current myositis clinical trials and tribulations<\/a>.\u00a0<i>Ann Rheum Dis.<\/i>\u00a02024;0:1-4. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/ard-2023-224652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1136\/ard-2023-224652<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2022<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hossain MM, Wilkerson J, McGrath JA, Farhadi PN, Brokamp C,\u00a0 Khan MTF, Goldberg B, Brunner HI, Macaluso M, Miller FW, and Rider LG. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8966380\/\">The geospatial distribution of myositis and its phenotypes in the United States and associations with roadways: Findings from a national myositis patient registry (MYOVISION).<\/a> <em>Frontiers in Medicine <\/em>(Lausanne). 2022; 9: 842586.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wilfong EM, Bartkowiak T, Vowell KN, Westlake CS, Irish JM, Kendall PL, Crofford LJ, and Bonami RH. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/immunology\/articles\/10.3389\/fimmu.2022.756018\/full\">High-dimensional analysis reveals distinct endotypes in patients with idiopathic in\ufb02ammatory myopathies<\/a>. <em>Front. Immunol<\/em>. 13:756018. doi:10.3389\/fimmu.2022.756018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2018<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Helene Alexanderson<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Exercise-in-Myositis-2018.pdf\">Exercise in Myositis <\/a>. <em>Curr Treat Options in Rheum<\/em>. 2018; 4:289\u2013298.\u00a0\u00a0DOI 10.1007\/s40674-018-0113-3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vuillard C, de Chambrun MP, de Prost N, Gu\u00e9rin C, Schmidt M, Dargent A, Quenot J-P, Pr\u00e9au S, Ledoux G, Neuville M, Voiriot G, Fartoukh M, Coudroy R, Dumas G, Maury E, Terzi N,\u00a0Tandjaoui\u2011Lambiotte Y, Schneider F, Grall M, Gu\u00e9rot E, Larcher R, Ricome S, Le Mao R, Colin G, Guitton C, Zafrani L, Morawiec E, Dubert M, Pajot M, Mentec H, Plantef\u00e8ve G, Contou D<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-18-18-Clinical-features-and-outcome-of-patients-with-acute-respiratory-failure-revealing-antisynthetase-or-anti-MDA-5-dermato-pulmonary-syndrome.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinical features and outcome of patients with acute respiratory failure revealing anti\u2011synthetase or anti\u2011MDA\u20115 dermato\u2011pulmonary syndrome: a French multicenter retrospective study<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Annals of Intensive Care<\/em>. 2018; 8:87. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13613-018-0433-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariampillai K, Granger B, Amelin D, Guiguet M, Hachulla E, Maurier F, Meyer A, Tohme A, Charuel J-L, Musset L, Allenbach Y, Benveniste O<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-18-18-Development-of-a-NewClassification-System-for-IIMs-based-on-clinical-manifestations-and-MSAs-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Development of a new classification system for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies based on clinical manifestations and myositis-specific autoantibodies<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>JAMA Neurology<\/em>. September 10, 2018. https:\/\/doi:10.1001\/jamaneurol.2018.2598<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Krauss A<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Why-all-randomised-controlled-trials-produce-biased-results-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why all randomised controlled trials produce biased results 2018<\/a>. <em>Annals of Medicine<\/em>. 2018. DOI: 10.1080\/07853890.2018.1453233<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2017<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Boehler JF, Hogarth MW, Barberio MD, Novak JS, Ghimbovschi S, Brown KJ, Munters LA, Loell I, Chen Y-W, Gordish-Dressman H, Alexanderson H, Lundberg IE, Nagaraju K<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Effect_of_endurance_exercize_on_microRNAs_in_myositis_-_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Effect of endurance exercise on microRNAs in myositis skeletal muscle: A randomized controlled study<\/a>.\u00a0<em>PLoS ONE<\/em>. 2017, 12(8): e0183292.\u00a0\u00a0DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0183292<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Calabrese C, Kirchner E, Kontzias K, Velcheti V, Calabrese LH<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rheumatic_immune-related_adverse_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rheumatic immune-related adverse events of checkpoint therapy for cancer: case series of a new nosological entity<\/a>.\u00a0<em>RMD Open<\/em>. 2017 Mar 20;3(1):e000412. doi: 10.1136\/rmdopen-2016-000412.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feldon M, Farhadi PN, Brunner HI, Itert L, Goldberg B, Faiq A, Wilkerson J, Rose KM, Rider LG, Miller FW, Giannini EH<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Predictors_of_Reduced_Health-Related_Quality_of_IIMs_-_2017-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Predictors of reduced health-related quality of life in adult patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Arthritis Care &amp; Research<\/em>. 2017. DOI 10.1002\/acr.23198.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IE Lundberg, A Tj\u00e4rnlund, M Bottai, VP Werth, C Pilkington, M de Visser, L Alfredsson, AA Amato, RJ Barohn, MH Liang, JA Singh, R Aggarwal, S Arnardottir, H Chinoy, RG Cooper, K Dank\u00f3, MM Dimachkie, BM Feldman, I Garcia-De La Torre, P Gordon, T Hayashi, JD Katz, H Kohsaka, PA Lachenbruch, BA Lang, Y Li, CV Oddis, M Olesinska, AM Reed, L Rutkowska-Sak, H Sanner, A Selva-O&#8217;Callaghan, Y-W Song, J Vencovsky, SR Ytterberg, FW Miller, LG Rider, The International Myositis Classification Criteria Project consortium, The Euromyositis register, and The Juvenile Dermatomyositis Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository (JDRG) (UK and Ireland)<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2017_EULAR-ACR_classification_criteria_for_adult_and_juvenile_idiopathic_inflammatory_myopathies_and_their_major_subgroups.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2017 European League Against Rheumatism\/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and their major subgroups<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Ann Rheum Dis.<\/em> 2017, October 27. DOI:10.1136\/annrheumdis-2017-211468.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Morel T, Cano SJ <\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Measuring_what_matters_to_rare_disease_patients_-_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measuring what matters to rare disease patients: Reflections on the work by the IRDiRC taskforce on patient-centered outcome measures<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases<\/em>. 2017, 12:171. DOI 10.1186\/s13023-017-0718-x.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oldroyd A, Lilleker J, Chinoy H<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Idiopathic_inflammatory_myopathies__a_guide_to_subtypes_dx_approach__treatment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A guide to subtypes, diagnostic approach and treatment<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Clinical Medicine<\/em>. 2017, 17(4): 322\u20138.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinal-Fernandez I, Casal-Dominguez M, Huapaya JA, Albayda J, Paik JJ, Johnson C,\u00a0 Silhan L, Christopher-Stine L, Mammen AL, and Danoff SK<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pinal-Fernandez-A-longitudinal-cohort-study-of-the-anti-synthetase-syndrome-increased-severity-of-interstitial-lung-disease-i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A longitudinal cohort study of the anti-synthetase syndrome: Increased severity of interstitial lung disease in black patients and patients with anti-PL7 and anti-PL12 autoantibodies<\/a>. <em>Rheumatology<\/em> 2017;56:999-1007.\u00a0\u00a0doi:10.1093\/rheumatology\/kex021.<\/li>\n<li>Rider LG, Noroozi Farhadi P, Bayat N, Wilkerson J, Faiq A, McGrath J, Brunner HI, Goldberg B, Miller FW. <a href=\"https:\/\/acrabstracts.org\/abstract\/infections-and-medications-associated-with-onset-of-myositis-in-myovision-a-national-myositis-patient-registry\/\">Infections and medications associated with onset of myositis in MYOVISION, a national myositis patient registry<\/a> [abstract]. <em>Arthritis Rheumatol.<\/em> 2017; 69 (suppl 10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2016<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nahin RL, Boineau R, Khalsa PS, Stussman BJ, Weber WJ<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Complementary-Med-approaches-to-pain-mgt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence-based evaluation of complementary health approaches for pain management in the United States<\/a>. <em>Mayo Clin Proc<\/em>. 2016. 91(9):1292-1306. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.mayocp.2016.06.007.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. Alexanderson<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Physical_exercise_as_a_treatment_for_adult_and_juvenile_myositis_Alexanderson_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Physical exercise as a treatment for adult and juvenile myositis<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0doi: 10.1111\/joim.12481.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I. E. Lundberg<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joim.12515\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New ways to subclassify patients with myositis<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/joim.12515.<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. Alexanderson<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joim.12481\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physical exercise as a treatment for adult and juvenile myositis<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/joim.12481.<\/li>\n<li><strong>C. V. Oddis<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joim.12511\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Update on the pharmacological treatment of adult myositis<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/joim.12511.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I. E. Lundberg, F. W. Miller, A. Tjarnlund and M. Bottai<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joim.12524\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diagnosis and classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/joim.12524.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Z. Betteridge and N. McHugh<\/strong>. \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/joim.12451\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myositis-specific autoantibodies: an important tool to support diagnosis of myositis<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<em>Journal of Internal Medicine<\/em>. \u00a0DOI: 10.1111\/joim.12451<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thomas Schwartz, Louise Pyndt Diederichsen, Ingrid E Lundberg, Ivar Sjaastad &amp; Helga Sanner<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e000291.full_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardiac involvement in adult and juvenile idiopathic in\ufb02ammatory myopathies<\/a>. \u00a0<em>RMD Open<\/em>\u00a02016 2: doi: 10.1136\/rmdopen-2016-000291.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orlandi M, Barsotti S, Cioffi E, Tenti S, Toscano C, Baldini C, Neri R<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/One_year_in_review_2016_-_idiopathic_inflammatory_myopathies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One year in review 2016: idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Clin Exp Rheumatol<\/em>\u00a02016; 34: 966-974.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2015<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noroozi FM, Farhadi P, Brunner HI, Itert L, Goldberg B, Faiq A, Wilkerson J, Rose K, Miller FW, Rider LG, Giannini EH.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/acrabstracts.org\/abstract\/health-related-quality-of-life-is-reduced-in-adult-patients-with-idiopathic-inflammatory-myopathies\/\">Health Related Quality of Life Is Reduced in Adult Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies<\/a> [abstract]. <em>Arthritis Rheumatol.<\/em> 2015; 67 (suppl 10).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Webber MP, Moir W, Zeig-Owens R, Glaser MS, Jaber N, Hall C, Berman J, Qayyum B, Loupasakis K, Kelly K, Prezant DJ<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25779102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nested Case-Control Study of Selected Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in World Trade Center Rescue\/Recovery Workers<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Arthritis Rheumatol<\/em>. 2015 Mar 16. doi: 10.1002\/art.39059.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allenbach Y, Guiguet M, Rigolet A, Marie I, Hachulla E, Drouot L, Jouen F, Jacquot S, Mariampillai K, Musset L, Grenier P, Devilliers H, Hij A, Boyer O, Herson S, Benveniste O<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Rituximab_in_refractory_IMs_associated_with_antisynth_auto-antibodies_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Efficacy of Rituximab in Refractory Inflammatory Myopathies Associated with Anti-Synthetase Auto-Antibodies: An Open-Label, Phase II Trial<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Plos One<\/em>\u00a0November 5, 2015. DOI:10.1371\/journal.pone.0133702.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Siamak Moghadam-Kia, Rohit Aggarwal, and Chester V. Oddis<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Treatment_of_inflammatory_myopathy_-_Emerging_therapies_and_therapeutic_targets_-_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treatment of inflammatory myopathy: emerging therapies and therapeutic targets<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Expert Rev Clin Immunol<\/em>. 2015; 11(11): 1265\u20131275. doi:10.1586\/1744666X.2015.1082908.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2014<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Albayda J and Christopher-Stine L<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdedge.com\/ccjm\/article\/89182\/immunology\/identifying-statin-associated-autoimmune-necrotizing-myopathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Identifying statin-associated autoimmune necrotizing myopathy<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine<\/em>. 2014 December; 81(12):736-741.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crescioli C<\/strong>. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4033351\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitamin D Receptor Agonists: Suitable Candidates as Novel Therapeutic Options in Autoimmune Inflammatory Myopathy<\/a>. \u00a0<em>Biomed Res Int.<\/em> \u00a02014;949730. \u00a0Published online 2014 May 7. doi: 10.1155\/2014\/949730.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faiq A, Farhadi PN, Bayat N, Chase M, Jansen A, Malley K, Wilkerson J, Rose K, Co C, Itert L, Johnson A, Morris R, Parks C, Giannini EH, Brunner HI, Miller FW, Goldberg B, and Rider LG<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/acrabstracts.org\/abstract\/epidemiologic-and-clinical-features-of-patients-with-adult-and-juvenile-dermatomyositis-polymyositis-and-inclusion-body-myositis-from-myovision-a-national-myositis-patient-registry\/\">Epidemiologic and clinical features of patients with adult and juvenile dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis from MYOVISION, a national myositis patient registry<\/a>. [abstract] <em>Arthritis Rheumatol. <\/em>2014. ACR\/ARHP Annual Meeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faiq A, Farhadi PN, Wilkerson J, Bayat N, Jansen A, Rose K, Itert L, Johnson A, Parks C, Giannini EH, Brunner HI, Goldberg B, Morris R, Miller FW, and Rider LG. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acrabstracts.org\/abstract\/predictors-of-myositis-treatments-received-and-associated-treatment-responses-in-myovision-a-national-myositis-patient-registry\/\">Predictors of myositis treatments received and associated treatment responses in MYOVISION, a national myositis patient registry<\/a> [abstract]. <em>Arthritis Rheumatol. <\/em><em>2014.<\/em> ACR\/ARHP Annual Meeting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isenberg D<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Isenberg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newfound explanations for myositis<\/a>.\u00a0 <em>R<\/em><em>heumatology Network<\/em>.\u00a0 September 30, 2014.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lundberg IE, Vencovsky J, and Alexanderson H<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Therapy_of_myositis_biological_and_physical_2014_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapy of myositis: biological and physical<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.co-rheumatology.com\">www.co-rheumatology.com<\/a>.\u00a0Volume 26 Number 6 November 2014.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rider LG, Dank\u00f3 K, Miller FW. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/co-rheumatology\/abstract\/2014\/11000\/myositis_registries_and_biorepositories__powerful.20.aspx\">Myositis registries and biorepositories<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/co-rheumatology\/abstract\/2014\/11000\/myositis_registries_and_biorepositories__powerful.20.aspx\">powerful tools to advance clinical, epidemiologic and pathogenic research.\u00a0<\/a><em>Current Opinion in Rheumatology<\/em> 26(6):p 724-741, November 2014. DOI: 10.1097\/BOR.0000000000000119<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2013<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sabrina Paganoni and Anthony Amato<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/diagnosis_of_myopathies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Phys Med Rehabil Clin AM<\/em>.\u00a0 24 (2013) 193-207.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pmr.2012.08.017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pmr.2012.08.017<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2012<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frederick W Miller<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2012_Miller_IIM_assessment_ARD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> New approaches to the assessment and treatment of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Ann Rheum Dis<\/em>\u00a02012; 71(SuppII):i82-i85. doi:10.1136\/annrheumdis-2011-200587.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li Alemo Munters, Ronald F. van Vollenhoven, and Helene Alexanderson<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MACTAR_myositis_Alemo-Munters_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Patient Preference Assessment Reveals Disease Aspects Not Covered by Recommended Outcomes in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis<\/a>.\u00a0International Scholarly Research Network. <em>ISRN Rheumatology<\/em>. Volume 2011, Article ID 463124, 5 pages doi:10.5402\/2011\/463124.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helene Alexanderson and Ingrid E. Lundberg<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Exercise_as_a_therapeutic_modality_for_patients_with_IIM_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Exercise as a therapeutic modality in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Current Opinion<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>David J. Gazeley and Mary E. Cronin<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3383495\/?tool=pubmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diagnosis and treatment of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Ther Adv Musculoskeletal Disease<\/em>.\u00a0 2011 December; 3(6): 315-324<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christine Castro adn Mark Gourley<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3383519\/?tool=pubmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory myopathy:\u00a0 issues and management<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Ther Adv Musculoskeletal Disease<\/em>.\u00a0 2012 April; 4(2):\u00a0 111-120.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jemima Albayda and Lisa Christopher-Stine<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3458613\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Novel approaches in the treatment of myositis and myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Ther adv musculoskeletal Disease<\/em>.\u00a0 2012 October; 4 (5):\u00a0 369-377.<\/li>\n<li><strong>William Coley, Sree Rayavarapu and Kanneboyina Nagaraju<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ar3791.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Role of non-immune mechanisms of muscle damage in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Arthritis Research and Therapy<\/em>.\u00a0 Coley et al. 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DOI 10.1002\/art.22205.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2001-2005<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dalakas MC<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dalakas_IBM_IVIG1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin in inflammatory myopathies: experience based on controlled clinical trials<\/a>. <em>Neurol Sci<\/em> (2003) 24:S256\u2013S259.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">1991-1995<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mastaglia FL, et al<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/9667570?ordinalpos=4&amp;itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immunoglobulin therapy in inflammatory myopathies<\/a>. <em>J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry<\/em> 65: 107-110, 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993300;\">1980-1990<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cronin ME, et al<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/2681763?ordinalpos=4&amp;itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The failure of intravenous cyclophosphamide therapy in refractory idiopathic inflammatory myopathy<\/a>. <em>J Rheumatol<\/em> 16: 1225-1228, 1989.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Ohnishi-Infections-in-Myositis-Phenotypes.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 2025 Ohnishi Infections in Myositis Phenotypes.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-94fd6865-4954-43d7-a6a0-958bffa81818\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Ohnishi-Infections-in-Myositis-Phenotypes.pdf\">2025 Ohnishi Infections in Myositis Phenotypes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myositis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-Ohnishi-Infections-in-Myositis-Phenotypes.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-94fd6865-4954-43d7-a6a0-958bffa81818\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following curated list of published research, including papers related to TMA-funded research projects, is intended to serve as a resource related to inflammatory myopathies. 2025 Ohnishi T, Wilkerson J,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"parent":299,"menu_order":313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>General Myositis Studies - The Myositis Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See a list of published research relating to general myositis, from 1980 to the present. 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