Occupational therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 672-685

  Steultjens, Esther M J ^a   Dekker, Joost ^b   Bouter, Lex M ^b   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^c   Van Kuyk, Marie Antoinette H ^d   Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINT;

EID: 0037115010     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10801     Document Type: Review

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