Abstracts tagged "cardiovascular disease and exercise"

Abstract Number: 1578 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Exercise Increases Aerobic Capacity in Primary Sjögren´s Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Ana Beatriz Andreo Garcia, MD¹, Virginia Fernandes Moça Trevisani², Luciana Dardin³ and Paulo Alexandre Minali⁴, ¹Evidence-based Health, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, ²UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, San Paulo, Brazil, ³Emergency Medicine and Evidence-Based Medicine Department, UNIFESP, São Paulo Brazil, SÃO PAULO, Brazil, ⁴UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have shown increased cardiovascular risk in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). As physical exercise is one of the pillars in primary…