Targeted Remotely-delivered Anti-inflammatory Interventions With Exercise for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Exclusion Criteria10

• Pregnant or intending to become pregnant during the intervention period
• Current treatment with exogenous insulin
• Other inflammatory arthropathy or myopathy, Paget's disease, pigmented villonodular synovitis, joint infection, ochronosis, neuropathic arthropathy, osteochondromatosis, acromegaly, hemochromatosis, or Wilson's disease
• Current malignancy other than minimally invasive carcinomas routinely treated topically or with minor surgical treatment
• Absolute contraindications to exercise testing: ongoing unstable angina; uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia with hemodynamic compromise; active endocarditis; symptomatic severe aortic stenosis; decompensated heart failure; acute pulmonary embolism, pulmonary infarction, or deep vein thrombosis; acute myocarditis or pericarditis; acute aortic dissection; physical disability that precludes safe and adequate testing
• Relative contraindications to exercise testing: known obstructive left main coronary artery stenosis; moderate to severe aortic stenosis with uncertain relation to symptoms; tachyarrhythmias with uncontrolled ventricular rates; acquired advanced or complete heart block; hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with severe resting gradient; recent stroke or transient ischemic attack; mental impairment with limited ability to cooperate; uncorrected medical conditions, such as hypertension (see below), significant anemia, important electrolyte imbalance, and hyperthyroidism
• Acute myocardial infarction (MI) within six months
• Resting hypertension with systolic or diastolic blood pressures ≥180/110 mm Hg
• Lack of internet access
• Planned, intentional weight loss during study