Back and neck pain in seniors - Prevalence and impact

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 802-806

  Hartvigsen, Jan ^a,b   Frederiksen, Henrik ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Back pain; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745041233     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0983-6     Document Type: Article

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