Physical activity in patients with venous leg ulcer - between engagement and avoidance. A patient perspective

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-286

  Roaldsen, Kirsti Skavberg ^a,b   Biguet, Gabriele ^a   Elfving, Britt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; VARICOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 79953839313     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510371424     Document Type: Review

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