Prevalence of shoulder pain in the community: The influence of case definition

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 308-312

  Pope, Daniel P ^a   Croft, Peter R ^b   Pritchard, Christina M ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 0031008816     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.5.308     Document Type: Article

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