The clinical effectiveness of static resting splints in early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized controlled trial

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1548-1553

  Adams, J ^a   Burridge, J ^a   Mullee, M ^a   Hammond, A ^b   Cooper, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand; Occupational therapy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Static splint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORNING STIFFNESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 52949148620     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken292     Document Type: Article

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