Clinical assessment of the osteoarthritis patient

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 527-544

  Peat, George ^a,b   Croft, Peter ^a,b   Hay, Elaine ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Osteoarthritis; Regional pain; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 0034749242     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2001.0171     Document Type: Article

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