Prevalence and associated factors for falls in women with established inflammatory polyarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 690-694

  Oswald, Anna E ^a,b   Pye, Stephen R ^a   O'Neill, Terence W ^a   Bunn, Diane ^c   Gaffney, Karl ^c   Marshall, Tarnya ^c   Silman, Alan J ^a   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Falls; Inflammatory polyarthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYARTHRITIS; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645821469     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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