Hormonal and reproductive factors are associated with chronic low back pain and chronic upper extremity pain in women - The MORGEN study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1496-1502

  Wijnhoven, Hanneke A H ^a,b   De Vet, Henrica C W ^b   Smit, Henriëtte A ^a   Picavet, H Susan J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estrogens; General population; Hormones; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal pain; Reproduction; Upper extremity pain; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIMB PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MATERNAL AGE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745072732     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000220706.96724.76     Document Type: Article

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