Proposal for a Candidate Core Set of Fitness and Strength Tests for Patients with Childhood or Adult Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies.

CONCLUSION: The core set of fitness- and strength-related outcome measures provided by this expert consensus process will assist practitioners and researchers in deciding which tests to use in patients with IIM. This will improve the uniformity of fitness and strength tests across studies, thereby facilitating the comparison of study results and therapeutic exercise program outcomes among patients with IIM.
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Source: J Rheumatol - November 15, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: van der Stap DK, Rider LG, Alexanderson H, Huber AM, Gualano B, Gordon P, van der Net J, Mathiesen P, Johnson LG, Ernste FC, Feldman BM, Houghton KM, Singh-Grewal D, Kutzbach AG, Munters LA, Takken T Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research