Exploring Tai Chi in rheumatoid arthritis: A quantitative and qualitative study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uhlig, Till ^a   Fongen, Camilla ^a   Steen, Eldri ^a   Christie, Anne ^a   Degård, Sigrid ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS; TAI CHI; ARTHRALGIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950209842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-43     Document Type: Article

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