Determinants of hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 835-840

  Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a,b   Van Der Wijk, Trijntje P ^a,b   Jolie, Ingrid M M ^a,b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a,b   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

Functional disability; Hand function; Jebsen test; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029893495     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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