Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 203-206 , February 2006

Performance of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Outcome Questionnaire and the Moberg Picking Up Test in Patients With Finger Joint Arthroplasty

  • Catharina Chiari-Grisar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Catharina Chiari-Grisar, MD, Dept of Orthopaedics, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Ulrich Koller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Tanja A. Stamm, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Axel Wanivenhaus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Klemens Trieb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.10.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 203-206 , February 2006

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