Patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis have reduced grip force and health-related quality of life in comparison with reference values: An observational study

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 578-585

  Regardt, Malin ^a,b   Henriksson, Elisabet Welin ^a   Alexanderson, Helene ^a,b   Lundberg, Ingrid E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Activity performance; Dermatomyositis; Grip force; Grip strength; Hand function; Polymyositis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; GRIPPIT AND ESCOLA PAULISTA DE MEDICINA RANGE OF MOTION SCALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVEREXERTION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952010715     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq356     Document Type: Article

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