Preferences in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: Results of a survey of community-based rheumatologists in the United States

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 170-176

  Hochberg, Marc C ^a,d   Perlmutter, Donna L ^a   Hudson, James I ^b   Altman, Roy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MSTF 8 34 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Practice variation; Survey

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACCREDITATION; AGE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COXITIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING AID; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84988299812     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199606)9:3<170::AID-ANR1790090304>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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