Musculoskeletal pain complaints and performance on cognitive tasks over the adult life span

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 349-359

  Söderfjell, Stefan ^a,b   Molander, B O ^a,b   Johansson, Håkan ^b   Barnekow Bergkvist, Margareta ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Cognitive functions; Episodic memory; Musculoskeletal pain; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748961432     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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