Distribution of joint involvement in women with hand osteoarthritis and associations between joint counts and patient-reported outcome measures

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 198-201

  Slatkowsky Christensen, B ^a   Haugen, I ^a   Kvien, T K ^a,b  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES 2; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN CANADIAN OSTEOARTHRITIS HAND INDEX; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73449084815     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.096792     Document Type: Article

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