Determinants of the use of wrist working splints in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-536

  Veehof, Martine M ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Willems, Marjanne J ^a   Van De Laar, Mart A F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPLINT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPLINTS;

EID: 42449160623     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23531     Document Type: Article

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