Prevalence of significant knee pain among older Americans: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1435-1438

  Andersen, Ross E ^a,d   Crespo, Carlos J ^b   Ling, Shari M ^a,c   Bathon, Joan M ^c   Bartlett, Susan J ^c  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Functional impairment; Older adults; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032710883     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01563.x     Document Type: Article

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