Clinical applicability of two tests of aerobic fitness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Eurenius, Eva ^a,b   Brodin, Nina ^b   Opava, Christina H ^b,c  

^a Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Cross sectional; Exercise test; Methodological study; Oxygen consumption; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34248658284     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190601035609     Document Type: Article

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