Experiences and consequences of pain in persons with post-polio syndrome

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 606-613

  Widar, Marita ^a   Ahlström, Gerd ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping; Pain assessment; Pain descriptions; Pain semantics; Poliomyelitis; Postpoliomyelitis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032160534     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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