Prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions in an Italian population sample: Results of a regional community-based study. I. The MAPPING study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 819-828

  Salaffi, Fausto ^a   De Angelis, Rosella ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a   Avaltroni, D ^b   Blasetti, P ^b   Brecciaroli, D ^b   Carotti, M ^b   Cerioni, A ^b   Ciapetti, A ^b   Farina, A ^b   Filippucci, E ^b   Del Medico, P ^b   Garofalo, G ^b   Gasparini, S ^b   Gutierrez, M ^b   Silvestri, C A ^b   Scalini, S ^b   Stancati, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal conditions; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENDER; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; ITALY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 29944436678     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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