Ultrasound findings in rheumatoid wrist arthritis highly correlate with function

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 729-733

  Baan, Hetty ^a,b,c   Hoekstra, Monique ^d   Veehof, Martine ^c   Van De Laar, Martin ^c,e  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Ziekenhuis Groep Twente   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arthritis; function; Rheumatoid; ultrasound; wrist

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WRIST;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79953656330     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.509459     Document Type: Article

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