Validity and reproducibility of self-administered joint counts. A prospective longitudinal followup study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 841-845

  Prevoo, Marlou L L ^a   Kuper, Ina H ^b   Van't Hof, Martin A ^b   Van Leeuwen, Miek A ^c   Van De Putte, Levinus B A ^a   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Articular scores; Process variables; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029893496     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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