The epidemiology of soft tissue rheumatism

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 777-793

  Natvig, Bård ^a   Picavet, H Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case definition; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal; Pain; Regional and widespread pain disorders; Risk factors; Soft tissue rheumatism

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HAND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PAIN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WRIST; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPICONDYLITIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY;

EID: 0036449122     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2002.0265     Document Type: Article

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