Severity of hand osteoarthritis and its association with upper extremity impairment in a population of disabled older women: The Women's Health and Aging Study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-261

  Hirsch, R ^a,b,g   Guralnik, J M ^a   Leveille, S G ^a   Simonsick, E M ^a   Ling, S ^c   Bandeen Roche, K ^d   Rantanen, T ^a   Pahor, M ^e   Fried, L P ^c,d   Hochberg, M C ^f  

^a Gateway Building 3C309   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NCHS/DHES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled; Elderly; Hand osteoarthritis; Muscle strength; Severity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032751668     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339666     Document Type: Article

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