The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population.

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Published in BMC Musculoskelet Disord on August 30, 2007

Authors

Helen Myers1, Elaine Nicholls, June Handy, George Peat, Elaine Thomas, Rachel Duncan, Laurence Wood, Michelle Marshall, Catherine Tyson, Elaine Hay, Krysia Dziedzic

Author Affiliations

1: Primary Care Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK. h.l.myers@cphc.keele.ac.uk

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