Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2009

Reliability of Ambulatory Walking Activity in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

Presented in part to the European College of Sport Science, July 11–14, 2007, Jyväskylä, Finland.

  • Ruud H. Knols, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ruud H. Knols, MSc, Dept of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Gloriastrasse 25, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Eling D. de Bruin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Geert Aufdemkampe, MSc

      Affiliations

    • University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health Care, Research Department of Lifestyle and Health, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Daniel Uebelhart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Neil K. Aaronson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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 Supported by the Eidgenössische Sportkommission/Bundesamt für Sport, (Federal Office for Sport), Magglingen, Switzerland.

 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)01495-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.020

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2009

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