Poor relationship between joint swelling detected on physical examination and effusion diagnosed by ultrasonography in glenohumeral joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 865-867

  Luukkainen, Reijo ^a   Sanila, M T ^b   Luukkainen, P ^c  

^a SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Satalinnan Sairaala   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical swelling; Effusion; Glenohumeral joint; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 34250789861     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0402-3     Document Type: Article

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