Clinical reliability and validity of elbow functional assessment in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1909-1917

  De Boer, Ytje A ^a   Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^a   Eygendaal, Denise ^a   Jolie, Ingrid M M ^a   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a   Rozing, Piet M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Treatment outcomes scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033428764     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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