Hand Performance Assessed by Functional Dexterity Test Correlates With Clinical Disease Activity but Remains Altered in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Achieving Treatment Goals: A Cross‐Sectional Cohort Study

FDT is a sensitive tool for assessing rheumatoid hand function. Reduced hand performance by FDT in many RA patients who have already achieved existing treatment goals speaks to the question of the suitability of direct hand performance assessment as an RA outcome measure.