A simple questionnaire to detect hypermobility: An adjunct to the assessment of patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-166

  Hakim, A J ^a   Grahame, R ^b  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037398345     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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