Measurement of upper limb ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis: Reproducibility and correlation with pain, function, and quality of life

Nursing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Toffolo, Sandra Regina ^a   Furtado, Rita Nely Vilar ^a   Klein, Adriana ^a   Watanabe, Sandra ^a   Andrade, Luis Eduardo Coelho ^a   Natour, Jamil ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Reproducibility; Systemic sclerosis; Ulcer; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PINCH STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PINCH STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN ULCER; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 41149163202     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000313480.32132.db     Document Type: Article

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