Living with a fluctuating illness of ankylosing spondylitis: A qualitative study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1439-1444

  Mengshoel, Anne Marit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OVEREXERTION; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTING EVENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SPORTS;

EID: 54949150614     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24103     Document Type: Article

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