Telemedicine applied to kinesiotherapy for hand dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis: Recovery of movement and telemonitoring technology

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1324-1333

  Piga, Matteo ^a   Tradori, Iosto ^a   Pani, Danilo ^b   Barabino, Gianluca ^b   Dessì, Alessia ^b   Raffo, Luigi ^b   Mathieu, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adapted physical therapy; Hand dysfunction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic sclerosis; Telemedicine rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELEMONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903699002     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130912     Document Type: Article

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