Association of back pain frequency with mortality, coronary heart events, mobility, and quality of life in elderly women

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2012-2018

  Zhu, Kun ^a,b   Devine, Amanda ^b,c,d   Dick, Ian M ^a,b,c   Prince, Richard L ^a,b,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Coronary heart events; Elderly women; Mobility; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34548142910     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318133fb82     Document Type: Article

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