Hand function and activity limitation according to health assessment questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy referents: 5-Year followup of predictors of activity limitation (the Swedish TIRA Project)

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Björk, Mathilda A ^a,b   Thyberg, Ingrid S M ^a,c   Skogh, Thomas ^a,c   Gerdle, Björn U C ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Division of Occupational Therapy   (Sweden)

^c Division of Rheumatology

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Longitudinal studies; Reference values; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846970501     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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