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Exercise capacity and oxygen recovery half times of skeletal muscle in patients with fibromyalgia

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mustafa Dinler, Cihan Aksoy, Ahmet Oncel & Ender Berker

  2. Department of Sports Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Erdem Kasikcioglu

  3. Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ata Akin & Omer Sayli

  4. Resitpasa caddesi Salkim sokak, No=2/5 (PK 9) Avcilar, 34840, Istanbul, Turkey

    Erdem Kasikcioglu

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Dinler, M., Kasikcioglu, E., Akin, A. et al. Exercise capacity and oxygen recovery half times of skeletal muscle in patients with fibromyalgia. Rheumatol Int 27, 311–313 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0211-7

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