Risk factors for traumatic and non-traumatic lower limb pain among preadolescents: A population-based study of Finnish schoolchildren

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  El Metwally, Ashraf ^a   Salminen, Jouko J ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Mikkelsson, Marja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOOT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THIGH; AGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LEG; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644507059     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-3     Document Type: Article

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