Chronic Upper Extremity Pain and Co-Occurring Symptoms in a General Population

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 697-702

  Gummesson, Christina ^a,b,c   Atroshi, Isam ^a   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^b   Johnsson, Ragnar ^b   Ornstein, Ewald ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stora Skärvet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Numbness; Pain; Physical impairment; Prevalence; Tingling; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC UPPER EXTREMITY PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0142126765     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11386     Document Type: Article

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