Measurement of stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in low disease activity or remission: A systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Tuyl, Lilian Hd ^a   Lems, Willem F ^a   Boers, Maarten ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morning stiffness; Outcome assessment; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; JOINTS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893856537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-28     Document Type: Review

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