The lived experiences of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in relation to exercise

Psychology and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-441

  Borkoles, Erika ^a   Nicholls, Adam R ^a   Bell, Kate ^a   Butterly, Ron ^a   Polman, Remco C J ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to exercise; Exercise; Functional limitations; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIERS TO EXERCISE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS; HUMAN; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BARRIERS TO EXERCISE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NARRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42049084603     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320701205309     Document Type: Article

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