Use of isokinetic muscle strength as a measure of severity of rheumatoid arthritis: A comparison of this assessment method for RA with other assessment methods for the disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 423-427

  Schiottz Christensen, B ^a   Lyngberg, K ^a   Keiding, N ^a   Ebling, A H ^a   Danneskiold Samsoe, ^a   Bartels, E M ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Isokinetic muscle strength; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORNING STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOCITY; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035203104     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670170008     Document Type: Article

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