Outcome measures for people with scleroderma: Relationships between measures of impairment and activity limitation

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 473-476

  Poole, Janet L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLERODERMA; SELF REPORT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 33750604766     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260606901006     Document Type: Article

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