What are the important components of the clinical assessment of hand problems in older adults in primary care? Results of a Delphi study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Myers, Helen ^a   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Dziedzic, Krysia ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PALPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; DISABILITY; HAND INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955291382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-178     Document Type: Article

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