Independent and joint associations of physical activity and fitness with fibromyalgia symptoms and severity: The al-Ándalus project

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 1565-1574

  Segura Jiménez, Víctor ^a,b   Soriano Maldonado, Alberto ^b,c   Estévez López, Fernando ^b,d   Álvarez Gallardo, Inmaculada C ^b   Delgado Fernández, Manuel ^b   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^b   Aparicio, Virginia A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cardiorespiratory fitness; counts per minute; flexibility; GT3X+; muscle strength; physical function

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACCELEROMETRY; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84987681564     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1225971     Document Type: Article

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