Employment status of patients with neuromuscular diseases in relation to personal factors, fatigue and health status: A secondary analysis

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-65

  Minis, Marie Antoinette H ^a,b   Kalkman, S Joke ^b   Akkermans, Reinier P ^b   Engels, Josephine A ^a   Huijbregts, Peter A ^c   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^b   Oostendorp, Rob A B ^b,d   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^b  

^a HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of St Augustine for Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Dutch Institute of Allied Health Care NPi   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CIS; Employment; Neuromuscular disease; Rehabilitation; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND MOTOR NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649136213     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0482     Document Type: Article

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