The association between knee temperature and pain in elders with osteoarthritis of the knee: A pilot study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-381

  Tsai, Pao Feng ^a   Richards, Kathy ^b   Tatom, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognitive impairment; Osteoarthritis; Pain assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELETHERMOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038505302     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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