Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and volitional exercise for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis: A multiple-patient case report

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1064-1077

  Piva, Sara R ^a   Goodnite, Edward A ^b   Azuma, Koichiro ^c   Woollard, Jason D ^a   Goodpaster, Bret H ^c   Wasko, Mary Chester ^c   Fitzgerald, G Kelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b USAF Medical Center Keesler   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CACHEXIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 34547618272     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060123     Document Type: Article

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