Epidemiology of back pain in a representative cohort of Italian persons 65 years of age and older: The InCHIANTI study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1149-1155

  Cecchi, Francesca ^a   Debolini, Pierluigi ^a   Lova, Raffaello Molino ^a   Macchi, Claudio ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^b,c   Bartali, Benedetta ^d   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Benvenuti, Enrico ^b   Hicks, Gregory ^e,f   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e,g  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 10   (Italy)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Elderly; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646564379     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000216606.24142.e1     Document Type: Article

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