title: Activity pacing: what are we measuring and how does that relate to intervention?
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Research Health Science Specialist, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, GRECC, 300 North Ingalls Building, 9th floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007, USA Tel.: +1 734 936 2123; fax: +1 734 936 2116 Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Psychiatry Director, Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, 24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Lobby M, Domino, PO 385, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Clauw
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation
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