One-year prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal pain in a large adult Norwegian county population: Relations with age and gender - The HUNT study

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  Svebak, Sven ^a   Hagen, Knut ^a,b,d   Zwart, John Anker ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian National Headache Center   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal complaints; Prevalence; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NORWAY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 33746767031     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: 15407012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v14n01_04     Document Type: Article

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