Should patients with rheumatic diseases take pain medication in order to engage in exercise?

George S Metsios^{1

2

3}, George D Kitas^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
² Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UK.
³ School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁴ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Editorial

George S Metsios et al. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;16(3):235-237.

doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2020.1714438. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

George S Metsios^{1

2

3}, George D Kitas^{2

4}

¹ Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK.
² Department of Rheumatology, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UK.
³ School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁴ School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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Keywords: Exercise; inflammation; pain; physical activity; rheumatic and muscoluskeletal disease; rheumatic disease.

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