Nordic walking in fibromyalgia: A means of promoting fitness that is easy for busy clinicians to recommend

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Kim D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WALKING;

EID: 79951848034     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3225     Document Type: Editorial

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