High prevalence of asymptomatic cervical spine subluxation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis waiting for orthopaedic surgery

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 884-888

  Neva, Marko ^a   Hakkinen A ^b   Makinen H ^b   Hannonen, P ^b   Kauppi, M ^c   Sokka, T ^b,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SPINE FUSION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33745686208     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.042135     Document Type: Article

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