Pain, disability, and physical therapy in older adults: Issues of patients and pain, practitioners and practice

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 12-23

  Simmonds, M J ^a   Scudds, R J ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Pain; Pain assessment; Pain education; Pain management; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0035105356     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200103000-00004     Document Type: Article

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