Hand performance assessment of ten people with Rheumatoid Arthritis when using a range of specified saucepans

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-134

  Torrens, G E ^a   Hann, J ^b   Webley, M ^b   Joy, J ^b   Sutherland, I A ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KITCHEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034011811     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800296971     Document Type: Article

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