Osteoarthritis: Best evidence for best therapies in hand osteoarthritis

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 258-260

  Dziedzic, Krysia S ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SPLINTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPLINTS;

EID: 79955619095     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.44     Document Type: Article

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