Rehabilitation of people with rheumatoid arthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 847-861

  Vliet Vlieland, Thea P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Exercise; Multidisciplinary care; Occupational therapy; Orthoses; Patient education; Physical therapy; Psychological intervention; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thermotherapy; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

BALNEOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOE; SPA TREATMENT; SPLINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYNAMIC SPLINT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HYDROTHERAPY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0041926532     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6942(03)00043-3     Document Type: Review

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