The relationship of disease duration to foot function, pain and disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients with foot complaints

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-280

  van der Leeden, Marike ^a   Steultjens, Martijn P ^a,b   Dekker, Jos H M ^a   Prins, A Pieter A ^a   Dekker, Joost ^a,b  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Disease duration; Foot; Gait; Pain; Plantar pressure; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34249776951     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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