Feasibility of an eight-week dance-based exercise program and its effects on locomotor ability of persons with functional class III rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-111

  Moffet, Hélène ^a   Noreau, Luc ^a   Parent, Éric ^a   Drolet, Mélanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Locomotor performance; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WALKING;

EID: 0033814519     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200004)13:2<100::aid-anr4>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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