Beneficial effects of spa treatment on functional status and quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo

Volumn 136, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Mustur, Dušan ^a   Vesović Potić, Vladislava ^b   Vujasinović Stupar, Nada ^b   Ille, Tatjana ^b  

^a Institute of Physical Medicine   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Functional status; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BALNEOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 58149156318     PISSN: 03708179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SARH0808391M     Document Type: Article

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