A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of hydrotherapy and land exercises on overall well being and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Eversden, Lis ^a   Maggs, Fiona ^a   Nightingale, Peter ^b   Jobanputra, Paresh ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947203969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-23     Document Type: Article

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