A comparison of rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls exposed to a pulsed (200 μT) magnetic field: Effects on normal standing balance

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Thomas, A W ^a,b   White, K P ^b,c   Drost, D J ^a,b   Cook, C M ^a,b   Prato, F S ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Postural sway; Pulsed magnetic field; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTURE; RADIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035903062     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02009-2     Document Type: Article

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