Quality of life improvement in patients with osteoarthritis: The potential for office-based assessment

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-181

  Lescoe Long, Mary ^a   Long, Michael J ^a   Johnston, D W C ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84988290553     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199606)9:3<177::AID-ANR1790090305>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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