Quality of life of adult men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the Netherlands: Implications for care

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-166

  Pangalila, Robert F ^a,b   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^c   Bartels, Bart ^a,b   Bergen, Michael P ^b   Kampelmacher, Mike J ^c   Stam, Henk J ^a   Roebroeck, Marij E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84929232674     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: 16512081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1898     Document Type: Article

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