Effectiveness of nonpharmacological and nonsurgical interventions for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: An overview of systematic reviews

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1697-1715

  Christie, Anne ^a   Jamtvedt, Gro ^b   Dahm, Kristin Thuve ^b   Moe, Rikke H ^c   Haavardsholm, Espen A ^c   Hagen, Kåre Birger ^c  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUPUNCTURE; ANOREXIA; BALNEOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 36849002073     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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