Is a long-term high-intensity exercise program effective and safe in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Results of a randomized controlled trial

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2415-2424

  De Jong, Zuzana ^a   Munneke, Marten ^a   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Kroon, Herman M ^a   Jansen, Annemarie ^b   Ronday, Karel H ^c   Van Schaardenburg, Dirkjan ^b   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^b   Van den Ende, Cornelia H M ^d   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a   Hazes, Johanna M W ^a,e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCMASTER TORONTO ARTHRITIS PATIENT PREFERENCE DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141633011     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11216     Document Type: Article

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