Does moderate-to-high intensity Nordic walking improve functional capacity and pain in fibromyalgia? A prospective randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Mannerkorpi, Kaisa ^a,b   Nordeman, Lena ^a,c   Cider, Åsa ^b,d   Jonsson, Gunilla ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit in Primary Health Care Södra Älvsborg   (Sweden)

^d Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology   (Sweden)

^e Primary Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE PAIN SCALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORDIC WALKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 77957735394     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3159     Document Type: Article

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