Prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and its impact on functional status among the elderly: The framingham study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1021-1027

  Zhang, Yuqing ^a   Niu, Jingbo ^a   Kelly Hayes, Margaret ^a   Chaisson, Christine E ^b   Aliabadi, Piran ^c   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Hand; Hand strength; Osteoarthritis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK;

AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036891908     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf141     Document Type: Article

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