Lifelong heavy farm work and osteoarthritis in the hand - A casuistic study;Lebenslange landwirtschaftliche schwerarbeit und arthroseentwicklung an der hand - Eine kasuistische untersuchung

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 345-350

  Schmid, L ^a   Dreier, D ^b   Muff, B ^a   Allgayer, B ^b   Schlumpf, U ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Luzern Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lifelong farm work; Osteoarthritis of the hand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 0033397190     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930050193     Document Type: Article

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