Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older population

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2214-2221

  Leveille, Suzanne G ^a,b,c   Jones, Richard N ^a   Kiely, Dan K ^d   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^c,f,g   Shmerling, Robert H ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^h   Kiel, Douglas P ^a,c,d   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,c,d   Bean, Jonathan F ^c,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^e and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 71849097187     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1738     Document Type: Article

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