Assessment of shoulder function in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2043-2048

  Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^a,b   Rozing, Piet M ^b   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^c   Verhoef, Joan A C ^a   Voogt Van Der Harst, Elles M ^a   Hazes, Johanna M W ^b  

^a Department of Rheumatology ^*

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disability evaluation; outcome assessment; rheumatoid arthritis; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030443489     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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