Functional long-term changes in patients with spondylarthropathy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-122

  Heikkila S ^a   Viitanen, J V ^a   Kautiainen, H ^b   Kauppi, M ^b  

^a Finnish Rheumatism Association   (Finland)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Follow up; Functional status; Physiotherapy; Spondylarthropathy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035985606     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-8270-y     Document Type: Article

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