A Multicenter Clinical Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Comparing Silicone Metacarpophalangeal Joint Arthroplasty With Medical Treatment

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 815-823

  Chung, Kevin C ^a   Burns, Patricia B ^a   Wilgis, E F Shaw ^a   Burke, Frank D ^a   Regan, Marian ^a   Kim, H Myra ^a   Fox, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; hand surgery; Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis; silicone metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449162320     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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