A crossover trial of custom-made and commercially available wrist splints in adults with inflammatory arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 792-799

  Haskett, Sandra ^a   Backman, Catherine ^b   Porter, Barbara ^a,c   Goyert, Jill ^a   Palejko, Gillian ^a  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Mary Pack Arthritis Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Hand function; Occupational therapy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Wrist orthoses; Wrist pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS HAND FUNCTION TEST; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUSTOM LEATHER SPLINT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS; MALE; MCMASTER TORONTO ARTHRITIS PATIENT FUNCTION PREFERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST PAIN; WRIST SPLINT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 5644261277     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20699     Document Type: Article

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