Coping strategies in relation to quality of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-134

  Montel, Sébastien ^a   Albertini, Laurence ^b   Spitz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Als; Coping strategies; Health psychology; Hrqol; Mental health; Muscle and nerve disorders; Psychological adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84555195079     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22270     Document Type: Article

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