Joint stiffness

Joint stiffness
Classification and external resources
Specialty rheumatology
ICD-10 M25.6
ICD-9-CM 719.5
MedlinePlus 003261

Joint stiffness may be either the symptom of pain on moving a joint, the symptom of loss of range of motion or the physical sign of reduced range of motion.

See also

References

  1. Yazici, Y; Pincus, T; Kautiainen, H; Sokka, T (Sep 2004). "Morning stiffness in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis is associated more strongly with functional disability than with joint swelling and erythrocyte sedimentation rate.". The Journal of rheumatology. 31 (9): 1723–6. PMID 15338490.
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