Musculoskeletal assessment of general medical in-patients - Joints still crying out for attention

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 951-954

  Lillicrap, Mark S ^a   Byrne, E ^a   Speed, C A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GALS screen; Medical in patients; Musculoskeletal assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0141504358     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg259     Document Type: Article

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