Clinical study on the effect of infrared radiation of a tiled stove on patients with hand osteoarthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 476-480

  Stange Rezende, L ^a,b   Stamm, T A ^a   Schiffert, T ^c   Sahinbegovic, E ^a   Gaiger, A ^a   Smolen, J ^a   MacHold, K P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Austrian Tiled Stove Association and Research Institute   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; HAND JOINT; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND JOINTS; HEAT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 33947598518     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740600906719     Document Type: Article

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