Handgrip Strength, Pulmonary Function Tests, and Pulmonary Muscle Strength in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Is There Any Relationship?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-29

  Şahin, Günşah ^a   Ulubaş, Bahar ^b   Çalikoǧlu, Mukadder ^b   Erdoǧan, Canan ^b  

^a Fatih Mah   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Grip strength; Maximal respiratory pressures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PULMONARY MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LINEAR MODELS; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 1642499115     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000101146.95697.18     Document Type: Article

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