Lower limb muscle strength is associated with functional performance and quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis

• Published in: Revista brasileira de fisioterapia (São Carlos (São Paulo, Brazil)) Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 129 - 136
• Main Authors: Lima, Tatiana R L, Guimarães, Fernando S, Carvalho, Mara N, Sousa, Thaís L M, Menezes, Sara L S, Lopes, Agnaldo J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Lower Extremity - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Strength; Original; ORTHOPEDICS; Quality of Life; REHABILITATION; Scleroderma, Systemic - physiopathology; muscle strength; exercise; nutritional status; rehabilitation; systemic sclerosis; respiratory function tests

Complaints of peripheral muscle weakness are quite common in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). It is likely that the muscle impairments may reduce the patients' exercise performance, which in turn may decrease their functional capacity and exert a direct impact on their quality of life. T...