Comparing pain severity and functional status of older adults without spinal symptoms, with lumbar spinal stenosis, and with axial low back pain

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Tong, Henry C ^a,c   Haig, Andrew J ^b   Geisser, Michael E ^b   Yamakawa, Karen S J ^b   Miner, Jennifer A ^b  

^a Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Low back pain; Lumbar vertebrae; Lumbosacral region; Spinal stenosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 33847146648     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096861     Document Type: Article

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