Occupational therapy integrated with a self-administered stretching programme on systemic sclerosis patients with hand involvement

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 157-161

  Stefanantoni, Katia ^a   Sciarra, Iliana ^a   Iannace, Nicoletta ^a   Vasile, Massimiliano ^a   Caucci, Martina ^a   Sili Scavalli, Antonio ^a   Massimiani, Maria Pia ^a   Passi, Laura ^a   Maset, Lucia ^a   Riccieri, Valeria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand involvementC; Occupational therapy; Stretching programme; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURUOZ HAND INDEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAND; ITALY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SELF CARE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROME; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994410069     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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