Autofeedback from ultrasound images provides rapid improvement in palpation skills for identifying joint swelling in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1207-1214

  Ogasawara, Michihiro ^a   Murayama, Go ^a   Yamada, Yusuke ^a   Nemoto, Takuya ^a   Kageyama, Michiaki ^a   Toyama, Shoko ^a   Kusaoi, Makio ^a   Onuma, Shin ^a   Kon, Takayuki ^a   Sekiya, Fumio ^a   Sugimoto, Kaoru ^a   Matsudaira, Ran ^a   Matsushita, Masakazu ^a   Tada, Kurisu ^a   Kempe, Kazuo ^a   Yamaji, Ken ^a   Tamura, Naoto ^a   Takasaki, Yoshinari ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint palpation; Joint swelling; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFEEDBACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELBOW ARTHRITIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL ARTHRITIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER ARTHRITIS; SKILL; ULTRASOUND; WRIST ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EDEMA; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861818776     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.111433     Document Type: Article

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