Hand function after the menopause

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 167-169

  Edmonds, Sally ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hand function; Menopause; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEREDITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE MASS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1642513646     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218003323010610     Document Type: Review

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