A comparison of three types of neck support in fibromyalgia patients

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 405-410

  Ambrogio, Nancy ^a,e   Cuttiford, Joanne ^a   Lineker, Sydney ^a,b,c,d   Li, Linda ^a  

^a Arthritis Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit   (Canada)

^e Arthritis Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia syndrome; Neck support; Physiotherapy; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NECK; NECK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84988234095     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110512     Document Type: Article

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