Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XXXIV. Sonographic assessment of the painful foot

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-603

  Meenagh, G ^a   Sakellariou, G ^b   Iagnocco, A ^c   Sedie, Delle ^d   Riente, L ^d   Filippucci, E ^e   Grassi, W ^e   Bombardieri, S ^d   Valesini, G ^c   Montecucco, C ^b  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Foot; Pain; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT PAIN; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE; ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOOT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TENOSYNOVITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; FOOT JOINTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055065899     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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