Pain thresholds in rheumatoid arthritis: The effect of tender point counts and disease duration

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-31

  Pollard, Louise C ^a,b,c,d   Ibrahim, Fowzia ^a,b,c   Choy, Ernest H ^a,b,e   Scott, David L ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

28 Joint count disease activity score; Fatigue; Pain threshold; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tender points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDER POINT COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855410662     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110668     Document Type: Article

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