Evaluation of a Hebrew version of the revised and expanded Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS2) in patients with fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1816-1821

  Neumann, Lily ^a   Dudnik, Yulia ^a   Bolotin, Arkady ^a   Buskila, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

AIMS2; Fibromyalgia; Health status; Physical functioning; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0032770924     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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