Defining morning stiffness in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1052-1057

  Lineker, Sydney ^a,b   Badley, Elizabeth ^a,c   Charles, Cathy ^a,b   Hart, Lawrence ^a,b,d   Streiner, David ^a,c,e  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Classification criteria; Definition; Morning stiffness; Qualitative study; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032907758     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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