Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2250-2257 , December 2008

Assessment of the Effects of Aquatic Therapy on Global Symptomatology in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Diego Munguía-Izquierdo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Physical Education and Sports, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Diego Munguía-Izquierdo, PhD, Departamento de Deporte e Informática, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera Utrera, Km 1, s/n, 41013, Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • Alejandro Legaz-Arrese, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Physical Education and Sports, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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 Supported by the European Social Funds and Regional Government of Aragon (Spain: grant no. B187/2004).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00835-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.03.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 12 , Pages 2250-2257 , December 2008

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