Level and correlates of physical activity among children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis compared to controls: results from a German nationwide prospective observational cohort study

• Main Authors: Florian Milatz (Author), Sandra Hansmann (Author), Jens Klotsche (Author), Martina Niewerth (Author), Tilmann Kallinich (Author), Frank Dressler (Author), Johannes-Peter Haas (Author), Rainer Berendes (Author), Gerd Horneff (Author), Markus Hufnagel (Author), Frank Weller-Heinemann (Author), Daniel Windschall (Author), Ralf Trauzeddel (Author), Moritz Klaas (Author), Hermann Girschick (Author), Prasad T. Oommen (Author), Ivan Foeldvari (Author), Serdar Mustafa Cantez (Author), Annette F. Jansson (Author), Matthias Hartmann (Author), Joachim Peitz-Kornbrust (Author), Kirsten Minden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Physical active lifestyles are essential throughout growth and maturation and may offer potential preventive and therapeutic benefit in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Insufficient physical activity (PA), in contrast, can lead to aggravation of disease-related...