Table 1: Often-cited Diagnostic Criteria for PMR

Table 1:
Often-cited Diagnostic Criteria for PMR
Year Proposed and Authors	Proposed Criteria	Requirement for Making Diagnosis
1979 - Bird et al⁸	Age >65 Bilateral shoulder pain and stiffness Acute or subacute onset (<2 weeks) ESR >40 mm/hr Depression and/or weight loss Bilateral tenderness in upper arm muscles Morning stiffness >1 hour	Any three of these criteria, or any one plus positive temporal artery biopsy
1981 - Jones and Hazelman⁹	ESR >30 mm/hr or CRP >6 mg/L Shoulder and pelvic girdle pain Exclusion of rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory arthropathy, myopathy, malignancy Morning stiffness >1 hour Rapid response to CS	All criteria must be met
1982 - Chuang et al¹⁰	Age >50 ESR >40 mm/hr >1 month bilateral aching and stiffness of at least two of the following areas: neck or torso shoulders or proximal arms hips or proximal thighs Exclusion of other causes	All criteria must be met
1984 - Healey¹¹	>1 month of neck, shoulder, or pelvic girdle pain (any two areas) Morning stiffness >1 hour Elevated ESR (>40 mm/hr) Exclusion of other diagnoses Rapid response to daily, low-dose steroid therapy (eg, prednisolone <20 mg)	All criteria must be met