Function and Back Symptoms in Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1702-1709

  Edmond, Susan L ^a   Felson, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Function; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346120146     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51553.x     Document Type: Article

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