Foot pain and disability in individuals with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS): Impact on daily life activities

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 164-169

  Berglund, Britta ^a,b,c   Nordström, Gun ^a,d   Harberg, Catharina ^e,f   Mattiasson, Anne Catherine ^c,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Nursing Deapartment at Gastrocentrum   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e National Orofacial Resource Centre for Rare Disorders Goteborg   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Connective tissue; EDS; Flat feet; Mobility; Podiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT PAIN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PODIATRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16344379898     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400009352     Document Type: Article

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