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We compared physical fitness in 20 6 to 11\u2010year\u2010old patients with polyarticular JRA with sex\u2010, age\u2010, and size\u2010matched controls, using the Health Related Physical Fitness Test (HRPFT), a national, standardized, norm\u2010referenced test. We correlated fitness scores with summary joint counts, and with an articular severity index (sum of joint swelling, tenderness, pain, and limited range for each child). The results showed that children with polyarticular JRA were less physically fit than normally active (noncompetitively athletic) children of the same sex, age, and size. There was no statistically significant relationship between increased joint counts, and\/or disease severity scores, and reduced fitness scores. This suggests that physical fitness levels are less related to degree of \u201cdisease activity\u201d than is often thought. We conclude that (1) a readily available, nationally standardized fitness test can be used to assess children with JRA: and (2) fitness levels and measures of disease activity do not correlate. 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