Diagnosis and management of patients with hand and wrist problems in general practice

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-94

  Spies Dorgelo, Marinda N ^a,b   Van Der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^a,b,c   Prins, A Pieter A ^d   Uitdehaag, Bernard M J ^e   Van Der Horst, Henriëtte E ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; General practice; Hand; Wrist

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEQUERVAIN TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; TENOSYNOVITIS; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HAND JOINT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESICS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 70350434513     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780903051874     Document Type: Article

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