Physical Therapists' Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of a Dutch Survey

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 142-148

  Hurkmans, E J ^a   Li, L ^b   Verhoef, J ^c   Vliet Vlieland, T P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Evidence based practice; Guidelines; Physical therapy management; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865535948     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1011     Document Type: Article

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