A pilot study of the prevalence of leg pain among women with endometriosis

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-308

  Missmer, Stacey A ^a,b   Bove, Geoffrey M ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Leg pain; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIATICA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958768856     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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