Striving to master variable pain: An interview study in primary care patients with non-specific long-term neck/shoulder pain

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 768-774

  Hunhammar, Cia ^a,b   Nilsson Wikmar, Lena ^b   Löfgren, Monika ^c  

^a Kvartersakuten Matteus   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping skills; Daily life; Neck shoulder pain; Primary health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL LIFE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349576917     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0421     Document Type: Article

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