Tender Point Count, Pain, and Mobility in the Older Population: The MOBILIZE Boston Study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-70

  Eggermont, Laura H P ^a,b   Shmerling, Robert H ^c   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; fibromyalgia; mobility limitations; pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 73049096082     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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