Effects of aerobic exercise on quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- VernacularTitle:有氧训练对类风湿性关节炎患者生活质量的影响
- Author:
Chengsong HE
;
Fangyuan XU
;
Qian YU
;
Dajian YANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Arthritis, rheumatoid;
Aerobic exercise;
Quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2003;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To assess the quality of life(QOL) in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients treated with 12weeks of aerobic exercise(AE) plus medication(methotrexate, MTX, and NSAIDs). Methods The research design was a randomized controlled trial. The patients in AE group received AE plus MTX and NSAIDs, and the patients in the control group received drug therapy only. Results One hundred and twenty six patients completed the trial, AE patients with improvement of 12%～28% from the baseline were better than medicine treated patients in the physical, social, emotional function, self recognized health status and total QOL. Conclusion AE is effective for the patients with RA in the improvement of QOL.
