Long-Term Pain, Fatigue, and Impairment in Neuralgic Amyotrophy

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-439

  van Alfen, Nens ^a   van der Werf, Sieberen P ^a   van Engelen, Baziel G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Fatigue; Pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 60849109509     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.08.216     Document Type: Article

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