The association of soft-tissue rheumatism and hypermobility

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 382-386

  Hudson, N ^a   Fitzcharles, M A ^a,b   Cohen, M ^a   Starr, M R ^a   Esdaile, J M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Hypermobility; Soft tissue rheumatism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TENDINITIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0031823379     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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