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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: may help + scleroderma sufferers + scleroderma  Related to the article below (Last Update: 7/1/2008)

The women who have made a difference to people's lives
Wharfedale and Airedale Observer, UK - Jun 5, 2008
Now nine years later they have provided help to countless dementia sufferers and they are giving vital support to a specialist scleroderma clinic in Leeds. ...
GOLF: PHIL MAKES MARATHON EFFORT FOR CHARITY
www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk, UK - Jun 5, 2008
The retired former head teacher is playing 90 holes of golf on Monday to raise money for the Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association. ...
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[CITATION] Life with a rare chronic disease: the scleroderma experience -
G Joachim, S Acorn - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003 - Blackwell Synergy
... little knowledge about the disease and may react to ... you like nurses to know about
scleroderma?' was asked ... Perhaps nurses have been of little help and therefore ...

[CITATION] Scleroderma: it has been a long hard journey -
PJ Roberts-Thomson, JG Walker - Internal Medicine Journal, 2006 - Blackwell Synergy
... Cautious optimism can now be offered to scleroderma sufferers. ... in his study resolved
within a year (which is most unusual for scleroderma) and may be more ...

Belief in ability to control chronic illness: Associated evaluations and medical experiences
MT Westbrook, L Gething, B Bradbury - Australian Psychologist, 1987 - informaworld.com
... People with scleroderma who join a self-help association may well have ... sample was
over-representative of the middle range of scleroderma sufferers. ...

[PDF] The Newsletter of The Scleroderma Society (UK)
RFF Day - sclerodermasociety.co.uk
... You may wonder why you would put yourself ... The features will help them determine exactly
what ... situation to understand more how scleroderma sufferers cope and ...
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[CITATION] Management of scleroderma
T Krieg - Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 2002 - Blackwell Synergy
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[CITATION] MAXIMISING TRIAL RECRUITMENT IN SCLERODERMA: PATIENTS AS PROTAGONISTS
M Dziadzio, K Fligelstone, R Smith, R Stratton, G … - ardmtg, 2005 - BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Autoimmune connective tissue disease: scleroderma -
H Wilson, R Vincent - British Journal of Nursing, 2006 - internurse.com
... Patients with scleroderma may experience a variety of non ... of the nurse?s role to
help patients develop ... The vascular component of scleroderma can cause digital ...

Belief in Ability to Control Chronic Illness: Associated Evaluations and Medical Experiences
W OfJice - Australian Psychologist, 1987 - informaworld.com
... People with scleroderma who join a self-help association may well have ... sample was
over-representative of the middle range of scleroderma sufferers. ...

Managing Raynaud?s phenomenon -
L Harborough - Pharmaceutical Journal (Vol 279), 2007 - pharmj.com
... peo- ple with heart failure.Since sufferers are com ... rare and most likely in patients
with scleroderma. ... poorer prognosis, but drug treatment may help reduce the ...
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EDITORIALS GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTERING OF SCLERODERMA
HR MARICQ - Rheumatology, 1990 - Br Soc Rheumatology
... in Nigeria with emphasis on scleroderma. ... professional edu- cation and thereby to
help the care of ... in developed countries?rheumatoid arthritis?may be less ...
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Finger workout may help scleroderma sufferers

 
 

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Finger-stretching exercises can improve range of motion in the joints of individuals who suffer from scleroderma (also known as systemic sclerosis) -- a chronic disease that causes skin thickening and tightening and the formation of scar tissue.

"Our results indicate that rehabilitation by stretching of the fingers may be effective for improving and maintaining hand function," the study team concludes in the Journal of Rheumatology.

Dr. Minoru Hasegawa, of Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Ishikawa, Japan, and colleagues assessed the efficacy of self-administered stretching of each finger in 32 patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and 13 with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

The patients received instruction on finger stretching exercises and were asked to perform them daily. Each finger was maintained in a stretched position using the opposite hand for 10 seconds; this was repeated 3 to 10 times.

After 1 month of finger stretching, the total passive range of motion was significantly improved and was maintained or further improved at 1 year.

Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis had less range of motion than those with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis. However, there was a significant increase in range of motion regardless of disease duration or severity of skin sclerosis.

Although the overall mean scores on the Health Assessment Questionnaire were not significantly changed after 1 year of the stretching program, "when individual component scores were investigated, two components of hand function (eating and gripping) were significantly improved."

SOURCE: Journal of Rheumatology August 2006.

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