Joint stiffness in a phantom limb: Evidence of central nervous system involvement in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 888-892

  Haigh, Richard C ^b,c   McCabe, C S ^b   Halligan, P W ^b   Blake, D R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEG AMPUTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; EXERCISE TEST; JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 0141839098     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg243     Document Type: Article

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