Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 406-412 , September 2008

Self-Assessed Physical Function Levels Of Women with Fibromyalgia: A National Survey

Presented as a poster at the American College of Sports Medicine meeting, May 30, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Jessie Jones, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jessie Jones, California State University, Fullerton, Department of Health Science, 800 North State College, Fullerton, CA 92834-6870
    • ,
  • Dana N. Rutledge, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nursing, California State University, Fullerton, California
    • ,
  • Kim Dupree Jones, RN, PhD, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
    • ,
  • Lynne Matallana, MA

      Affiliations

    • National Fibromyalgia Association, Anaheim, California
    • ,
  • Daniel S. Rooks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 22 December 2007 ,Revised 26 April 2008 ,Accepted 28 April 2008.

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 Supported by the National Fibromyalgia Association.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00064-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.04.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 406-412 , September 2008

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