Aquatic exercise training for fibromyalgia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Bidonde, Julia ^a   Busch, Angela J ^b   Webber, Sandra C ^c   Schachter, Candice L ^d   Danyliw, Adrienne ^d   Overend, Tom J ^e   Richards, Rachel S ^d   Rader, Tamara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Elborn College ^*  (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AQUATIC EXERCISE; BALNEOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938995489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011336     Document Type: Review

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