Are static resting wrist splints beneficial in early RA?

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 124-125

  Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MORNING STIFFNESS; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINT; STATIC RESTING SPLINT;

EID: 62849089883     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum1007     Document Type: Note

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