PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 620-628 , July 2009

Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships between Aerobic Capacity and Self-Reported Fatigue in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Polymyositis, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  • Ali A. Weinstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, 4400 University Drive, MSN 5B7, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.A.W.
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  • Bart M. Drinkard, PT, MS

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD‡
    • ,
  • Guoqing Diao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA§
    • ,
  • Gloria Furst, OT, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Janet K. Dale, RN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Program, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD∥
    • ,
  • Stephen E. Straus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD#
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • Lynn H. Gerber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA⁎⁎

Received 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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 Research supported by the Divisions for Intramural Research, Rehabilitation Medicine Department of the Clinical Center, and NIAID, National Institute of Health.

 The present investigation did not use any medical devices.

 This material was not presented at an AAPM&R Annual Assembly.

 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

PII: S1934-1482(09)00436-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.007

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Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 620-628 , July 2009

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