Direct, quantitative clinical assessment of hand function: Usefulness and reproducibility

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-152

  Goodson, Alexander ^a   McGregor, Alison H ^a   Douglas, Jane ^b   Taylor, Peter ^b  

^a Musculoskeletal Department   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Cochin scale; Disability; Grip; Hand function; Pinch; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WRIST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247170342     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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