Functional thumb orthosis for type I and II boutonniere deformity on the dominant hand in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized controlled study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 684-689

  Silva, Gabriel Paula ^a   Lombardi Jr , Império ^a   Breitschwerdt, Cristina ^a   Poli Araújo, Maria Pola ^a   Natour, Jamil ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNIERE DEFORMITY TYPE 1; BOUTONNIERE DEFORMITY TYPE 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL THUMB ORTHOSIS; GONIOMETRY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND MALFORMATION; HANDEDNESS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ORTHOSIS; PAIN; PINCH STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRACES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PINCH STRENGTH;

EID: 55249084186     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508088989     Document Type: Article

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