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190 THE PREVALENCE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN RURAL EGYPT.
RR Abdel-Tawab 1 , AM Abdel-Nasser 1 , JA Mahmoud 1 , A Sammy 2 , M Abdel-Fattah 3 . 1
Rheumatology
& Rehabilitation, Minia University, Minia, Egypt; 2 Radiology, Minia University, Minia, Egypt;
3Epidemiology, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
191 PREVALENCE OF HAND PROBLEMS AND HAND PAIN IN OLDER PEOPLE:
A SURVEY OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
K Dziedzic, E Thomas, S Hill, R Wilkie, G Peat, P Croft. Primary Care Sciences Research Centre,
Keele University, Keele, Newcastle, Staffs, United Kingdom
192 ASSOCIATION OF HAND PARAESTHESIA WITH SPECIFIC JOB TASKS: RESULTS FROM
A POPULATION STUDY IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, UK.
RJ Lacey, M Lewis, J Sim. Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffs
ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
193 A STUDY INTO THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY
SJOGREN’S SYNDROME.
MN Lazarus, DA Isenberg. Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London,
United Kingdom
194 THE CHANGING PROFILE OF RHEUMATOLOGY ADMISSIONS IN A DISTRICT
GENERAL HOSPITAL OVER THREE DECADES.
NJ Allen 2 , JC Belfield 1 , GC Zaphiropolous 1 , K Chaudhuri 1 . 1
Department of Rheumatology, University
Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, Warwickshire, United Kingdom; 2 Department
of Rheumatology, Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Surrey, United Kingdom
195 PREVALENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
WF Ng, A Hall, A Steuer. Rheumatology, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, SL2 4HL, United Kingdom
196 LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY.
KE Walker-Bone 1 , KT Palmer 2 , IC Reading 2 , D Coggon 2 , C Cooper 2 . 1
Department of Rheumatology,
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom; 2 MRC Environmental
Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants, United Kingdom
NON-INFLAMMATORY MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (197 – 202)
197 MUSCULO-SKELETAL REFLEX DYSFUNCTION IN THE JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME.
WR Ferrell 1 , RH Baxendale 2 , M Kusel 2 , N Tennant 3 , RD Sturrock 1 . 1
Centre for Rheumatic Diseases,
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; 2 Institute of Biomedical & Life
Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; 3 Physiotherapy, Royal
Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
198 HIGH PREVALENCE OF JOINT HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME IN CLINIC REFERRALS
TO A NORTH LONDON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.
R Grahame 1,2 , AJ Hakim 1,3 . 1
The Hypermobility Clinic, Centre for Rheumatology, University College
London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom; 2 Rheumatology, Willesden Community Hospital,
London, United Kingdom; 3 The Academic Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Unit, Whipps Cross
University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
199 ‘REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY’ IS RARE AMONG WORKING-AGED ADULTS AND IS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH KEYBOARD USE.
KE Walker-Bone 1 , IC Reading 2 , KT Palmer 2 , D Coggon 2 , C Cooper 2 . 1
Rheumatology Department,
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom; 2 MRC Environmental
Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants, United Kingdom
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