Skeletal muscle properties in Rheumatoid arthritis patients

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2149-2155

  Matschke, Verena ^a,b   Murphy, Peter ^a   Lemmey, Andrew B ^a   Maddison, Peter ^a,b   Thom, Jeanette M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Llandudno LL30 1LB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body composition; concentric contractions; muscle architecture; Muscle specific force; mvc; physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650418660     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e304c3     Document Type: Article

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