Strengthening and stretching for rheumatoid arthritis of the hand (SARAH): Design of a randomised controlled trial of a hand and upper limb exercise intervention - ISRCTN89936343

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Adams, Jo ^b   Bridle, Chris ^a   Dosanjh, Sukhdeep ^a   Heine, Peter ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a,e   Lord, Joanne ^c   McConkey, Christopher ^a   Nichols, Vivien ^a   Toye, Francine ^d   Underwood, Martin R ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a   Williamson, Esther M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hand; Randomised controlled trial; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARM PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICHIGAN HAND OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPLINTING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84869878414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-230     Document Type: Article

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