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SUBMITTER: van Ginneken BT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1914221 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Ginneken Berbke T J BT van den Berg-Emons Rita J G RJ Kazemier Geert G Metselaar Herold J HJ Tilanus Hugo W HW Stam Henk J HJ
European journal of applied physiology 20070316 3
Fatigue is often experienced after liver transplantation. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness, neuromuscular fitness, body composition) in liver transplant recipients and to explore whether physical fitness is related to severity of fatigue. In addition, we explored the relationship between physical fitness and health-related quality of life. Included were 18 patients 1-5 years after transplantation (aged 48.0 +/- 11.8 years) with var ...[more]