Handgrip strength in men with fibromyalgia

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6 SUPPL. 63, 2010, Pages

  Aparicio, V A ^a,b   Carbonell Baeza, A ^a   Ortega, F B ^a,b   Ruiz, J R ^b   Heredia, J M ^a   Delgado Fernandez, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; FIQ; Handgrip strength; Men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FIBROMYALGIA; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79952684035     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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