Effectiveness of a rehabilitative programme in improving fatigue and function in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologics: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 0285-0288

  Di Gioia, Luisa ^a   Zincarelli, Carmela ^a   Di Minno, Matteo Nicola Dario ^b   Rengo, Giuseppe ^a   Peluso, Rosario ^b   Spanò, Angelo ^b   Iervolino, Salvatore ^a   Pappone, Nicola ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Functional class; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; GOLIMUMAB; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB; TOCILIZUMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875763044     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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