Quadriceps muscle properties in rheumatoid arthritis: insights about muscle morphology, activation and functional capacity.
Denise BlumRodrigo RodriguesJeam Marcel GeremiaClaiton Viegas BrenolMarco Aurélio VazRicardo Machado XavierPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2020)
Middle-aged RA patients' impairments occurred due to the disease independently of the aging process, except for functional capacity. Physical inactivity may have potentiated these losses.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- middle aged
- end stage renal disease
- skeletal muscle
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- disease activity
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- physical activity
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- interstitial lung disease
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- anterior cruciate ligament