The effect of functional limitations and fatigue on the quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 B, 2009, Pages 812-817

  Nogueira, Leandro Alberto Calazans ^a   Nóbrega, Felipe Resende ^b   Lopes, Kátia Nogueira ^c   Thuler, Luiz Claudio Santos ^c   Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais ^c  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Physical Therapy Department of Celso Lisboa University   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gait; Multiple sclerosis; Physically disable; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 71949124452     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000500006     Document Type: Article

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