Randomised controlled study of postinjection immobilisation after intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment for wrist synovitis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1013-1015

  Weitoft, T ^a,b   Ronnblom L ^b  

^a GÄVLE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; BANDAGES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0141650527     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.10.1013     Document Type: Article

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