Epidemiology of back pain in older adults: Prevalence and risk factors for back pain onset

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1645-1653

  Docking, Rachael E ^a   Fleming, Jane ^b   Brayne, Carol ^b   Zhao, Jun ^b   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   Jones, Gareth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Back pain; Epidemiology; Older people; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL WORK;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80051918990     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker175     Document Type: Article

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