Evaluation of wrist and hand handicap and postoperative outcome in rheumatoid arthritis

Hand Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-481

  Pap, Géza ^a   Angst, Felix ^a   Herren, Daniel ^a   Schwyzer, Hans Kaspar ^a   Simmen, Beat R ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLLES FRACTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0041471054     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(03)00004-0     Document Type: Review

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