Nonpharmacological treatment in established rheumatoid arthritis

AA Küçükdeveci - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2019 - Elsevier
hand and feet, and is often associated with rheumatoid factor or … The main clinical features
of the disease include joint pain, … of physical modalities, use of orthoses/assistive devices, and …

Joint protection programmes for people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis of the hand: an overview of systematic reviews

P Bobos, JC MacDermid, G Nazari… - Physiotherapy …, 2021 - utpjournals.press
Purpose: Joint protection has been introduced as a self-management strategy for people with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand. The purpose of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] Hand strength in patients with RA correlates strongly with function but not with activity of disease

GS Silva, MA Lourenço, MR Assis - Advances in Rheumatology, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
… ability in various conditions and translated, validated, and adapted for … and hand questionnaire
in rheumatoid arthritis patients: … technology solution for the self-assessment of rheumatoid

The Impact of Occupational Therapy on the Self‐Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review

JP Gavin, L Rossiter, V Fenerty, J Leese… - … Rheumatology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… showed a significant improvement in health status and hand function at 8 weeks (no P values).
… for the majority of people with RA; and these related to using assistive devices. Perceived …

A hand exercise mobile app for people with rheumatoid arthritis in Turkey: design, development and usability study

E Tonga, E Williamson, C Srikesavan, T Özen… - Rheumatology …, 2021 - Springer
… The popularity, portability, and technological features of mobile technology provide an …
We adapted the USE questionnaire to assess usability specific to our application. The adapted

Review of wearable sensor-based health monitoring glove devices for rheumatoid arthritis

J Henderson, J Condell, J Connolly, D Kelly, K Curran - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Sadly, hand function damage induced by diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and …
exoskeleton glove for adaptive hand rehabilitation in post-stroke patients. In Proceedings of the …

Translating the Strengthening and Stretching for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand Programme from clinical trial to clinical practice: an effectiveness–implementation …

E Williamson, C Srikesavan, J Thompson… - Hand …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… We adapted the trial training into an online format for National Health Service … exercise
equipment to their patients while the remaining advised patients on how to purchase equipment. …

Clinical practice guideline for physical therapist management of people with rheumatoid arthritis

WF Peter, NM Swart, GA Meerhoff… - Physical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that most commonly
affects the joints of the hands, wrists, shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles and feet. Apart …

Experiences of men living with Dupuytren's disease—consequences of the disease for hand function and daily activities

C Turesson, J Kvist, B Krevers - Journal of Hand Therapy, 2020 - Elsevier
… ) is a chronic hand condition causing impairment in hand function. … Participants handled the
deteriorating hand function by … ideal hand function was seen as being able to use the hands

Effectiveness of interventions to improve therapy adherence in people with upper limb conditions: A systematic review

T Cole, L Robinson, L Romero, L O'Brien - Journal of Hand Therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
… of behavioral interventions for achieving treatment adherence in chronic rheumatoid arthritis.
… Following on from the use of audiovisual technology (DVD and videotape) used in articles …