Impairment measures in rheumatic disorders for rehabilitation medicine and allied health care: A systematic review

Rheumatology International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 501-512

  Swinkels, Raymond A H M ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a   Oostendorp, Rob A B ^b   Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Construct validity; Impairments; Measurement instruments; Outcome assessment; Reliability; Rheumatic disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GONIOMETRY; HAND MUSCLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144489047     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0603-0     Document Type: Review

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