Functional capacity and muscular abnormalities in subclinical hypothyroidism

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-263

  Reuters, Vaneska S ^a,b   Teixeira, Patrícia De Fátima S ^a   Vigário, Patrícia S ^a   Almeida, Cloyra P ^a   Buescu, Alexandre ^a   Ferreira, Márcia M ^a   De Castro, Carmen L N ^a   Gold, Jaime ^a   Vaisman, Mario ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Hypothyroidism; Neuromuscular signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NECK MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 70350141535     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181af7c7c     Document Type: Article

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