Role of rehabilitation in the management of myopathies

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 548-555

  Hicks, Jeanne E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOTHERAPY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYOPATHY; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

COLD; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAT; HUMANS; MYOSITIS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031737310     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199811000-00007     Document Type: Review

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