Evaluation of lower limb disability in joint hypermobility syndrome

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2577-2581

  Celletti, Claudia ^a   Castori, Marco ^b   Grammatico, Paola ^b   Camerota, Filippo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; LEFS; Lower extremity functional scale; Pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LEG DISEASE; LOWER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRALGIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866252400     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2044-2     Document Type: Article

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